Avalanche

Avalanche: North Fork Seeley Canyon

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Quick report

Slope Angle
38°

Avalanche

Slab Width
91 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
21 m
Avalanche Type
Glide
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
3170 m

Okay, so, really not an avalanche, but still super interesting. This is a glide crack. I've never seen one here before, but, its presence makes sense; we've got a pretty homogenous snowpack and the terrain underlying the 'pack here is a rock slab. Best to give this thing a wide berth. it's pretty difficult to say when this thing will continue down hill. Might be the next warming spell, might be June. The point is, we just don't know.