Avalanche

Avalanche: Rock Bowl

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Avalanche

Slab Width
18 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

This is the slab that we believe the Garrison/Taylor report referred to. We are not sure when it occurred but it was at least Wednesday or before. It looked to be 40-50 feet wide and ran an hundred feet or so. We couldn’t see any tracks in the area unless it remotely triggered from below.

Eric Flygare 3-11-2011