Avalanche

Avalanche: Big Springs

Kelly, Woody, Zimmerman-WallProvo
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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3018 m

This wet snow avalanche ran naturally around noon, it stopped in the flats running about 200' vertical feet. It appeared to have run on a crust that was saturated with water about 12' deep x 100 ' wide. It had a very abrupt stauch wall which made it more unique than the other wet loose avalanches we saw today.