Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 43°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2926 m
Happened to be on the ridge just as the weather broke for a few minutes and I had visibility. The slide is much bigger than I originally thought. Debris is stacked up 4-6 feet deep in the thick trees and gully and could easily bury, injure or kill a person. There are a number of tracks on the ridge and at least one partially wind-filled one that enters the slope. I believe it is an old track that the wind has exposed ( i hope it is) but with the adjacent slopes and steep, narrow gully I wasn't willing to venture down and check it out. I did report it to Canyons patrol who relayed to Summit Co Sherrif. The crown was mostly filled in by the time I got there but here are a few pics taken before the visibility shut down again