Avalanche

Avalanche: Coalpit

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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
91 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
381 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3018 m

Observed this fresh slide on the looker's right side of Coalpit Headwall from Tanner's. No idea which layer it slid on, but it looks quite deep and wide and ran a long way down Coalpit. Could be a PWL slide; I'm not sure how a windslab would form that large in that spot but it's definitely also a possibility.