Avalanche

Avalanche: Tony Grove Lake

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Avalanche

Slab Width
12 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2499 m

We could see numerous natural loose avalanches of storm snow coming off the cliffs of the south side of Tony Grove Lake. I watched one when I stopped in the trees, and several more ran in the time that we were up there, during periods of particularly heavy snowfall.