Avalanche

Avalanche: Raymond Peak

Brady eSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

Hiking up the ridgeline on Mt. Raymond today we experienced multiple collapses and cracking on the sensitive wind slabs that formed from last nights wind.

The first chute remote triggered from 30' cracking about 30' across but did not slide.

The second chute remote triggered from 50', shooting up the slope, thru the wind slab, and and breaking most of the path, sliding down to bed surface about 400'. The crown varied from 12"-24"