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.