Avalanche
View on mapAvalanche: Mineral Fork
Ty Falk/Spencer Wheatley - video and snow profile a day later by Bruce TremperSalt Lake
Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 152 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 381 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 122 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
Fairly sizable hard slab in Mineral Fork. Appeared to have slid a few days ago. Crown ranged from 3'-10'+ From a quick look it seamed to go just above the MLK (Jan 16th) crust. Ran down into the basin. Photo by Ty Falk.
Bruce Tremper comments: I investigated it the day after these photos were taken and my snow profile suggests that it broke beneath the MLK crust on facted snow. I did not investigate the entire fracture line but I dug on the looker's right flank. (see video).
Next three photos by Spencer Wheatley. Note total width and long runout.
I took the embedded video a day after these photos were taken - Bruce Tremper