Avalanche

Avalanche: Snake Creek

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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
21 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

I could see this slide from Preston Peak above the Brighton resort. It's in a steep breakover on the edge of Green Slope in the Snake Creek drainage. There does not appear to be any tracks around it so I'm assuming it's a natural wet slab from the strong heating lately. Yesterday would be a good guess. This is a similar slide to one reported in Caribou Basin from probably a couple days ago.

I did not have time to get down there and look at it since I saw it late in the day while skiing around Brighton Perimeter.