Avalanche

Avalanche: Icefall

KikkertSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
305 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
South
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3353 m

Old news...but another example of Evelyn’s good forecast. This ran natural sometime on the 16th. Started as a wind slab, then ran wet all the way to the bottom (over 1000’). First photo shows the wind slab, 2nd the wet debris.