Avalanche

Avalanche: West Porter

EzraSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
Density Change
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
76 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2560 m

Found myself ascending the ridge between West and Main Porter. Weather started as blizzard, transitioned to sunny and warm and back to blizzard in the two ish something hours I was out. as the blizzard let up, I found a drop in spot, a 50' wide gully. I felt safer dropping rather than the steeper more open slopes I'd just passed thinking they'd likely be more connected. I dropped and did a slope cut to the other side of the terrain feature and saw it break out a couple feet above me. Safely on the other side I watched it entrain a decent amount of snow and traveled probably 250' down until try slope angle mellowed. It did not hit the flats of the uphill track.