Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3597 m
Hard slab avalanche that likely ran during the wind event of Jan 25. Depth indicates failure on buried weak facets but I can't be sure. Crown was partially filled back in by wind, debris covered exposed talus. Problems like this invariably exist throughout the alpine on N-NE-E aspects where wind drifted snow has accumulated over faceted weak layers.