Avalanche

Avalanche: West Porter

SDSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
244 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
2835 m

Natural avalanche, failing on PWL, likely triggered by wind loading. Ran about 800', covering the skin track. Knowing that multiple people had skied here earlier in the day, we beacon-checked the debris in multiple locations, getting no signal, so we were confident that nobody was buried.