Avalanche

Avalanche: Y-Not Couloir

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow

Temps felt like they got warmer than expected. Had an uncomfortable experience in the Y-Not as the mountain started to shed. We briefly debated hanging out in the cave until night. Decided to wait for snow to flush past us then move quickly from one safe zone to another tucked under cliffs. It just kind of worked and snow would run past us each time we made it to the next spot.

We lucked out which is not how I like to operate. Since it was cooler than the day before we thought that we would be ok. Wet loose snow started around 12:30 or 1.