Avalanche

Avalanche: First Cornice Bowl

ZGSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
91 m
Weak Layer
Density Change
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

I Saw this slide from afar, decided to go take a closer look. I'm guessing it happened on sat(2/8) or sun(2/9) after new snow and strong wind event. It Appeared to have been triggered by a snowmobiler ascending the slope. There were no sled tracks on bed surface. observed snowmobile track peeling out near the top of ridge. Triggered in thinner area, 2' deep but propagated down slope and the crown was easily 4-5' deep 300'w running well over 500'. It appeared to have been a close call.