Avalanche

Avalanche: Red Cliffs

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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

This slide released about 9 am 1/27. We believe it resulted from a natural cornice fall, but when we visited it in the afternoon there were ski tracks on the ridge, so maybe we will be corrected. Note how far the slide ran down the gully. An avalanche fatality occurred in this area in the early 2000s.