Avalanche

Avalanche: Smith-Moorehouse

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Quick report

Slope Angle
30°

Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
457 m
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

There was a mid-day natural avalanche cycle west of Smith and Morehouse Reservoir. We observed numerous small natural slides that averaged 50' wide and would run around 100'. These ranged from 4-8" deep. This activity was observed from 10,000' down to around 8,500'.

We also triggered 1 slide with a ski that was around 8" deep and ran ~300'.

All activity was in treed areas.

The map below indicates the location of the activity we observed.