Avalanche

Avalanche: Y Couloir

J. Wright, M. AubinSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
2347 m

Massive avalanche released about 1/3 of the way up the Y Couloir and ran down to where living trees stood. Slide uprooted trees and deposited rock solid human size boulders of snow - see my partner at the bottom left of photo for scale. The remaining bed surface was a sheet of ice that is not skiable.