Avalanche

Avalanche: Ben Lomond

Dan MorrisOgden
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Avalanche

Slab Width
762 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
152 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2896 m

Much of the Ben Lomond Headwall slid. Could see large crowns estimated 5 feet. Debris went down Cutler creek below 7200 feet and splashed up onto the low angle terrain NW off of. Cutler ridge. Pictures of crowns from a distance and debris below.