Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 107 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2286 m
Was walking my old dog in Daly Canyon when I observed these avalanches so I didn't do too much investigating. It is fairly rare to see these paths avalanche.
Avalanche 1- The Landslide area- I'd estimate the crown at an average of 1 foot. Looks like it wrapped through the whole bowl on the West through North aspects and may have sympathetically triggered several smaller adjacent paths.
I did not see any evidence of tracks into or out of this area so I presume this was a natural avalanche that happened sometime on 12/6 or 7.
Avalanche 2- The Judge Mine Gully- This avalanche occurred in the same spot that a snowshoer was killed back in February of 2004. It appears to have been skier or snowboarder triggered as there is a track in and out. It also appears to have occurred on 12/6 or 7. I suspect the weak layer to be surface hoar. The crown is a maximum of 1 foot.