Avalanche

Avalanche: Dog Lake area

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Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Cornice Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Cornice
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

This avalanche in the Dog Lake Chutes was a skier triggered cornice that broke out 1'-3' deep x 200' wide. This avalanche ran 500' vertical before stacking debris up 8' deep on the bench below. This avalanche would be classified as a D2 (destructive size 2) which is large enough to bury, injure, or kill a person.