Avalanche

Avalanche: South Monitor Bowl

White, Meisnheimer, Collinson, SteenburgSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
34°

Avalanche

Slab Width
152 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
122 cm
Trigger Detail
Cornice Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3018 m

Only got a quick glimpse of this slide, during a slight lull in the hurricane force winds. Largest part of the crown was lookers left but it wrapped around all the way to the E-SE facing portion of the bowl about 500ft or more wide. Thinking it was it was a wind slab triggered by a natural cornice drop. Calling it a hard slab like the ones I saw yesterday in West Monitor, due to the dense snow and heavy wind loading.

Photos not the best kinda tough day on the high ridge line.