Avalanche

Avalanche: Pioneer Ridge

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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

Toured out of the Crest gate today and stumbled upon a recently triggered avalanche off of Pioneeer peak a little farther down the ridge from Main Chute. Tracks from the top of Main Chute appeared to traverse across the ridge to a cliff band and from my perspective it looked like someone a slab above the cliff band which triggered a larger, much wider slab below the cliff band. The slide ran about 400’ or so. The crown looked to be anywhere from 4-8” and was about 100’ wide but I don’t investigate any further. Photos are stills from a video as I don’t have a YouTube