Avalanche

Avalanche: Blue Ice

Mack LambertSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

Observed a natural avalanche with a crown of about 2-3 ft run 200 feet down over the blue ice where it spread out to cover the entire apron beneath it. Lookers right of that slide above the BI we noticed a long dry loose slide span nearly 350 feet and 40 ft wide. Crown not visible from our perspective.

Winds seemed to increase later into the morning as we saw snow transport increase on the surrounding peaks with it continuing to deposit on NE/E aspects.