Avalanche

Avalanche: Mule Hollow

UAC StaffSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
South
Start Zone Elevation
2804 m

Slide ran on a sun crust. Forecaster comments: the weak layer may have been a crust associated with buried small grain facets on top of the crust that were preserved by the new snowfall, which could be similar to the slide in Bear Trap (RR).