Avalanche

Avalanche: Silver Fork Headwall

SSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
12 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

3rd run of the day in the silver fork headwall. Skied off to the side and let It flush past. Soft slab, maybe 10 inches at the deepest part of the crown and maybe 40 feet wide. Below the crown there was a second crown where It stepped down another 4 inches or so.