Avalanche

Avalanche: Pointy Peak

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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
51 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2835 m

Pointy peak is the headwaters of the South Fork of Willow Draw. Speaking with another skier today, this avalanche may have released sympathetically when the person I talked to traversed the ridgeline yesterday on his way to Sound of Music bowl.

Photo Jake Hutchinson