Avalanche

Avalanche: Emma Ridges

RasmusonSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
24 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Start Zone Aspect
South
Start Zone Elevation
2896 m

The new snow was very reactive and did not bond well to the crust. Observed shooting cracks with every turn and remotely triggered a fairly wide but shallow storm slab that ran far (several hundred feet) and fast. I didn’t get a photo of the slide due to poor lighting but did get a photo of the spiderweb cracks that were characteristic today.