Avalanche

Avalanche: Beaver Basin

Chris BensonMoab
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Avalanche

Slab Width
122 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3231 m

This avalanche in Beaver Creek is adjacent to where a fatal avalanche incident occurred in the La Sals in 2012. The crown looked fairly crisp, so I can't help but wonder if it is only a couple of days old. This east aspect had another pocket pull out just to the south, and it looked like another pocket had pulled out earlier, but had some snow on it, either from the 1/29/2021 snow, or the dusting we got on 2/3/2021.