Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 32°
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2743 m
Great powder day finally. However I still kept the slope angles at about 30 degrees, I do not like the complex snow structure we are dealing with. Best way to avoid avalanches is to use terrain to your advantage and keep the slope angles down. No collapsing today
Raymond ran big over night within the new snow. My guess is that the avalanche ran on a melt freeze crust of some sort, running far and fast judging by the run out zone.
Total snow depth where I dug on Gobblers North side was 195cm.
Bad place to be caught in an avalanche, the debris piled up very deep in the gully.
Light was in and out, hard to get a good picture. Upper West Porter also avalanched within the new snow.