Avalanche

Avalanche: Snake Creek

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Avalanche

Slab Width
152 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
122 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

I was snowmobiling up the Snake Creek Road to go dig a pit at the bottom of the east ridge near blast off. Slab broke 4-6ft deep at the top of a road cut and went 500' wide. I saw several other slides on many different aspects of road cuts.