Avalanche

Avalanche: Huntington Canyon

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Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2499 m

Remotely triggered while skinning above the gully. The depth and width are estimates. Felt the snow collapse under our feet and then the entire slope slid about twenty feet away from us. On our exit we noticed this also released a second slide about 50' away from the main slide (last photo). Lots of obvious signs today as we had lots of cracking, collapsing, wind transport and heavy snowfall for the majority of the day.