Avalanche

Mt. Lichtenberg

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Quick report

Going up to lichtenburg, 5500 feet of elevation. Triggered by 5th Skiier going over skin track. Skiier lost their footing, stepped off the track and started pushing the snow down. Slow started building up and eventually avy triggered.

Avalanche

Going up to lichtenburg, 5500 feet of elevation. Triggered by 5th Skiier going over skin track. Skiier lost their footing, stepped off the track and started pushing the snow down. Slow started building up and eventually avy triggered. Avy across the creek from parking lot, small wet and loose rollers, not too big (ankle deep at most) 17 taps during snowpack rest, 2inches of dust on the base layer. Going up we didn’t have many cracks(if any at all) Traveled mostly cautiously, with one or two agressive sections