Avalanche

Avalanche: Meadows

Pavlantos/Reddell/NielsenSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
305 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
122 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

Forecaster note: Multiple submissions combined into one avalanche observation.

Notes from Nielsen:

The sky cleared out around 2pm just enough to get a look at the meadow chutes area of Silver Fork, I could see the crown of a large avalanche. I estimate it was 1000-1200 feet wide. Unknown depth, how far it ran, or the trigger. I could not see tracks leading into the avalanche. There were tracks north of the avalanche, closer to Brad's line. I could also see a smaller avalanche in Ricardo's roll, but photos were hard to get of the smaller slide. Photo 1-Pavlantos

Photo 2-4-Ian Reddell

Photo 5-6 - Nielsen