Avalanche

Avalanche: Burch Creek

Martin KOgden
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Avalanche

Slab Width
152 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

A large (natural?) avalanche broke on northwest avalanche on the backside of Strawberry at Snowbasin. It was a scary avalanche that likely failed on the new, windloaded snow down to the ice/crust layer about 1-2' feet below.