Avalanche

Avalanche: Willows

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Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Vertical Fall
6 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

Walked upon this along the beginning of the NW blunt ridge of Will's Hill. Could be either a remote skier trigger from a some tracks on the ridge before us or a small cornice drop. I suspect more on the side of remote trigger. Heavily windloaded. South facing of the ridge had HS 30-40cm while north facing was close to HS 3m. Was able to get very large and deep shooting cracks while walking on the ridge.