Avalanche

Avalanche: Hells Kitchen

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Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
9 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southwest
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2164 m

Wet slide observed from the skin track near the bottom of Hells Kitchen Canyon (7100'). Upper slopes showed signs of heating and definite collapsing underfoot but no slides were observed above 7500'.