Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 122 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 137 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 107 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3078 m
This avalanche is estimated to have released during a warming period somewhere between April 18 to 22. It broke into mid winter faceted snow that became wet. This is the first period where the higher north facing terrain has produced natural wet slab avalanches.