Avalanche

Avalanche: Davenport Hill

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Avalanche

Slab Width
152 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
213 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
41 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

This remotely triggered slide started out fairly narrow but propagated quite wide about 200 feet downhill. It filled a gully up with 15 to 20 feet of debris.