Avalanche

Avalanche: Providence Quarry

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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
11 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2195 m

4" to 6" of new snow this afternoon, wet to dense, skied fine up high but on the way out intentionally set off several wet slides of this size that ran 100 ft vertical or so with debris piles 1' to 2' deep. The new snow did not bond at all to the old stuff. The slide in the photo ran onto the quarry road a bit just around the corner from 1st waterfall.

Snowed most of the afternoon but not much new accumulation. Cleared in the early evening.