Avalanche

Avalanche: Hoyt's Peak

Mike JUintas
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Avalanche

Slab Width
91 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
137 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
28 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

I discovered this slide that had run in the middle of the night on the 26/27. This slide took out Saturday’s and about 3/4s of Tuesday's snow with about 4 inches new sitting on top. On Sunday the 24th I was able to intentionally slide the main line, however, the slide did not propagate the full width. The remaining snow, skiers right, is what ran. This slide ran through trees and certainly would have been devastating to have skied had it not naturaled.