Avalanche

Avalanche: Rodeo Ridge

Derek DeBruinOgden
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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2134 m

This avalanche slid into the Cobble Creek drainage with a stout looking crown right on the ridgeline. Based on the report of a local who looks at Rodeo Ridge daily, I'm betting this was a repeater slide as the path went earlier in the week around Monday, 20240108.

Photo showing both the Cobble Creek slide (left) and Rodeo Ridge slides in relation to each other.