Avalanche

Avalanche: Smithfield Dry Canyon

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
305 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2134 m

Found this debris pile just off the summer trail at about 6000' that likely released last week. Looks to have had started from very steep and rocky NW and N aspects that merged in a vertical gully and terminated in a gully terrain trap. The debris pile was easily deep enough to bury a person in the terrain trap, Size D2.

Photo 1: debris pile. Photo 2: start zone and track