Avalanche

Avalanche: Gravel Pit Lanes

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Avalanche

Slab Width
38 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
305 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
3536 m

This photo came in from Mark Sevenoff who reported seeing it while out on on a tour following an early season storm that brought nearly 2' of snow to the mountains. It started as a sluff up high and then a triggered a slab in the usual notorious pocket. Weak layer is unknown. It behaves like a PWL but almost no snow existed on the ground prior to this storm.