Avalanche

Avalanche: Twin Lakes Pass

N.VSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
24 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

Dug a quick pit on a similar aspect, a bit more protected, off the ridge at the pass. Looking to see how the old was holding the new. Results from the pit, got a moderate shear at the interface, about 8+ of new but the new snow was not cohesive and it lacked any sort of energy. Up the ridge things were more exposed to the nuking winds setting up more of a wind slab off the ridge. Remote trigger from about 40 ft away. A lot touchier then we expected. Visibility was poor but it looked there might have been a sympathetic release down not up the ridge right around the telephone poles. Too far to see what it slid on, definitely an obvious density change in the storm snow, made riding interesting.