Avalanche

Aoraki/Mt Cook

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Avalanche

Size
2
Width
150 m
Aspect
N
Length
100 m
Trigger
skier
Elevation
2300 m
Slope Angle
30°

Stiff Windslab Knife hard variable wind smashed DFs 0-40cms, over pencil hard DFs up to 55cm. failure happened below this above a 4cm MFCr which sits on 15cms 4f FC. 2x ECTXs, then a propagating DT23 down 55cm on same layer. Measured blocks up to 180cm deep in the debris.