Avalanche

Avalanche: Moab

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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
122 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
51 cm
Trigger Detail
Repeater
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3322 m

Avalanche is one of the few repeat runners in an overall relatively inactive season. Path has run on or around Nov 21, Dec 27, and Jan 21. May have been started by a loose sluff from above and is a triggered wind slab under the cliffs. The weak layer is likely facets that have formed near the rocks in this shallow, repeat running slide path.

Location photo (Trenbeath)

Detail with old debris (Trenbeath)

Avalanche (Dave Garcia)