Avalanche

Avalanche: Beaver Side Country

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Quick report

Slope Angle
32°

Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
2316 m

Easy to initiate wet slides on some of the steeper (though not very steep) sections of the backside of the beav, above and below the spring road, some ran 300 feet and several feet deep, packed a punch, breaking large branches. It would be easy to initiate slides on most steeper slopes today.