Avalanche
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
Saw this fresh avalanche off the east face of Kestler down below the Catchers Mit on my exit out of Cardiff Fork this afternoon. Noted the debris pile from the summer road, made it with in about 60ft of the road. My thinking is that it started quite a ways above were the wind was loading the upper portion of the chute and pulled out on the density inversion in the new snow, then ran on the hard underlying bed surface. Photos.
Debris pile up close.
Bottom portion of the track.