Avalanche

Avalanche: White Pine

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Avalanche

Slab Width
152 m
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

I saw fairly widespread, natural avalanche activity on all the steep terrain above about about 9,500' facing north through east. It presumably slid during the high precipitation intensity periods on Friday night or Saturday. The widest avalanche activity was in Dog Dish and the northeast aspect of Lake Peak, as well as a number of smaller rollovers throughout the basin. Most were about 1 1/2' deep and up to 500' wide. I experienced many big, collapses everywhere I traveled on the flats and shady slopes above about 9,500'.