Avalanche

Avalanche: South Fork Twin Creek

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Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
122 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
76 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

Skiers were approaching the slope with intentions of skiing a lower angle slope farther up the drainage. They remotely triggered this avalanche from a distance before they were underneath it. No one was caught.