Avalanche

Avalanche: Hallway Couloir

NBSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
457 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
West
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3170 m

Witness a powder cloud below the Hallway around 1 pm from the top of 2 trees. Could make out a crown high on the slope above the cliffs which was 2-2.5' deep and a second crown ~4' down below on the apron. Few minutes later watched 2 skiers descending. Unsure if they remote triggered this slide or triggered while skiing. Between the two crowns I assume the avalanche was 1500' vertical and likely ran from the top of the ridge to the valley below.