Avalanche

Avalanche: Maybird Gulch

Greg GagneSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
41°

Avalanche

Slab Width
76 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
76 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

Wind-drifted hard slab that possibly ran into snow down near the ground as bushes were showing through on the bed surface. Very steep, rocky terrain in starting zone. The bed surface and debris had snow on top of it, so likely ran sometime during the day on Friday, February 5, or overnight on February 6. Did notice fresh ski tracks adjacent to the debris from a party that was likely skiing the apron, but the tracks and the slide seemed to occur at different times.