Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 24 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2195 m
Observed natural avalanche in Beaver Canyon. Likely occurred in the morning. Hard to view crown from road but likely wind slab on steep cliffed area. It ran about 3-400' vertical before stopping 15' short of the highway. The up canyon winds were howling today (and previous days) with gusts up to 40mph.
Photo 1 - Debris pile next to Hwy 89
Photo 2 - Winds carrying snow
Photo 3 - Blower-triggered small wind slab on Hwy 89