Avalanche

Avalanche: Mill Hollow

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Avalanche

Slab Width
122 m
Weak Layer
Density Change
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
15 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2957 m

Watched a snowmobiler high mark a little test slope getting wind loaded under a cornice. Just broke along the recently wind transported slab but broke surprisingly wide, I'd estimate around 400 feet. Only slid maybe 50-75 feet and without much energy so the snowmobile was long gone and no one was caught or carried.