Avalanche

Avalanche: West Bowl

Joey CampsSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
9 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
41 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
3018 m

Was here yesterday 1/12 at 3pm, the slide was not there. Saw it today at 11am. The bed surface/crown/debris all had a dusting of snow on it. There were tracks in at the top and out the debris pile. I would guess the person might not have even know they triggered it. It probably barely started running then stopped on the shallow angle below. Unlike the tons of soft sluffs we saw yesterday , this one propagated as a slab.