Avalanche

Avalanche: Ben Lomond Headwall

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Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
457 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2621 m

This avalanche caught my eye more than the other avalanches on the headwall. If you look closely at the photo, you can see the flank on the avalanche was deeper than other avalanches on the headwall. I think this avalanche failed on or close to the old/new snow interface roughly 6 feet down.