Avalanche

Avalanche: Smith-Moorehouse

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Avalanche

Slab Width
21 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
213 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2896 m

Noted this avalanche in the Smith and Morehouse area. It appeard to have been a slab avalanche that broke in the the steep trees above the runout. Hard to tell what type of avalanche it was but based off of the other ones we had seen I would suspect it was some sort of PWL triggered by cornicefall or a tree bomb.