Avalanche

Avalanche: Beaver Creek

Reported to StaplesUintas
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Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

While this area looks like a place that slides often, it tends to stuff easily and rarely if ever makes a slab avalanche like this.