Avalanche

Avalanche: Jaws

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Quick report

Slope Angle
36°

Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
213 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Slab Thickness
107 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

Went up Toledo Bowl this morning with a plan of recovering my buddy's skis and poles which he lost earlier this year in a season ending avalanche in Jaws, wanted to do it before the south facing was totally melted out. Once we got to the Jaws slide path we realized it had avalanched to the ground most likely yesterday with the afternoon heating. Debris pile was at least 20ft deep at the toe of the slide, and there was dense chunks the size of dumpsters here and there. The slide went to the ground and cleaned the slope down to the dirt. The major part of the slide was covering the exact location where my buddy got buried, not the best scenario for locating lost equipment, oh well maybe in July.