Avalanche

Avalanche: Becks Creek

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Avalanche

Slab Width
122 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
24 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

This was a very wide wind drift that ran less than 100 feet vertical. It averaged 2 feet deep but there were places where it was much deeper.