Avalanche

Avalanche: Niotche Creek

Kobernik - RasmussenSouthwest
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Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3200 m

We triggered five separate avalanches remotely from flat terrain. They all released simultaneously. The farthest one was 1000 feet away from us.

All of these paths have already released once earlier this season. I was looking directly at the old fracture line on this path when I watched the avalanche release.