Avalanche

Avalanche: Big Water

Alec MSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
305 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
122 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2713 m

Remotely triggered Fred’s birthday run while skiing the ridgeline above. Ran wall to wall and the full length of the drainage (~1000 ft). Appears to have failed on the January PWL. Debris ran across the big water skinner.