Avalanche

Avalanche: Cascade Ridge

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Slope Angle
39°

Avalanche

Slab Width
762 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
305 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
107 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3200 m

Lookers right half of Big Bowl 2 avalanched earlier in storm with some lower pockets stepping down where graupel pools had formed. Lookers left half of Big Bowl 2 avalanched later in storm cycle on across the steeper and rockier head wall.