Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 107 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3414 m
Found this natural avalanche on the north side of the saddle between Bald Mountain and Reids Peak. Second photo is of a smaller avalanche just a little to the east.
We experienced widespread collapsing riding in the trees underneath this slide. How do you feel a collapse while riding a sled? You can feel the track drop a little. Seeing small saplings shake 20-40' away is confirmation.
To be clear - collapsing told me that if we had gotten onto a steep slope, we would have triggered an avalanche. A collapse is everything that happens in an avalanche, except you're not on slope steep enough to slide.