Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 24 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 12 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
I combined a few of these natural slides since they all had similar characteristics. Heavy wet snow continued to fall today which is overloading buried weak snow. Natural sluffing within the new snow was evident all the way up the highway today.
As I gained elevation and got into steeper rocky and shallow weak snow these 12-14" natural soft slab avalanches were observed. These slides appeared to be failing on a density change within the storm snow.