Avalanche

Avalanche: Talking Mountain Cirque

TrenbeathMoab
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Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
107 cm
Start Zone Aspect
West
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3597 m

This wet slab likely ran during peak heat on the afternoon of March 19. It's becoming a frequent runner during abnormally warm heatwaves in March or April. Initiating with gouging, wet loose slides, it ran to early season facets at the ground.