Avalanche

Avalanche: Hellgate

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Avalanche

Slab Width
18 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Couple of new snow wind-slab avalanches. The one on lookers left was triggered by 1 of a group of 3 split-boarders. The one on the right was in the slightly steeper pocket on East Hellgate that is usually the first to go! and I think was a natural. Both occurred around 1pm.