Avalanche

Avalanche: Mineral Fork

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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2560 m

Toured up Mineral basin today. Between my uptrack and exit (9am and 10:15am) a D2.5 avalanche came across the skin track. There was a skin track up to that basin so I assume human triggered. I later toured up to Georges bowl and attached photos of crowns all along the Mineral Basin NE slopes.