Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 14 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 305 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wet Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3322 m
Saw this avalanche start up in the SE facing, above Hansen’s then running down the E facing, it was started by heating but it was mostly a dry snow slide when it was moving. I had already done a few runs on Hansens but on my last run I knew it was time to go being that the snow was heating up. I was hiking back to Alta when I heard it go, it took out a few of my tracks mid slope but didn’t touch the up track, showing me once again why these routes have been standard for decades.
Photos: the slide, and a video I took of it while it was moving.