Avalanche

Avalanche: Reynolds East Face

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Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
41 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

Remotely triggered the main east face not long after the initial one. Aspect wrapped NE>SE and ran at top of "youngest"/highest/most recent facets beneath the week's storm snow. Interesting to continue to collapse and spiderweb the hangfire as I continued up the ridge to the Reynolds summit.