Avalanche

Avalanche: Devils Castle

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Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
3139 m

At 3:16 pm I watched a small avalanche come out of the Apron, which is eastern end of main Devils Castle. There were two separate groups traveling into the narrow part of Apron. The top ski group of 2 were breaking trail and initiated the avalanche. About 150' below them was a group of 3 skiers following their up track. Luckily, bottom group did not get hit by the new snow avalanche. see pics below.

photo 1- my vantage point right after slide happened. photo 2- looking up into Apron

photos 3-6 show the Avi path and fracture