Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 76 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
A lot of terrain took on heat and got shrink-wrapped yesterday. However, winds were strong enough to produce this natural avalanche. Breaking 1' deep x 250' wide and running 300' vertically, this slide occurred on a steep, upper elevation, northeast aspect in Upper Weber Canyon.