Avalanche

Avalanche: Third Knob

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Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
18 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
107 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Start Zone Elevation
2347 m

I intentionally triggered a number of moist but very soft sluffs involving the fresh snow in the Third Knob Area, south on the ridge from the top of Beaver Mountain..... The sluffs pulled out all the new snow, running on a sun-crust from the end of last week, and by the time I had crossed the bowl there was a significantly large pile of fresh debris below the not-all-that-steep slope....