Avalanche

Avalanche: Toledo Chutes

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Avalanche

Slab Width
11 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
213 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

Skier triggered avalanche observed roughly noon in the Toledo Chutes. New wind slab from last night's winds and the 8" of new overnight. Clear that Toledo bowl - heavily skied after a Makoff and White skin track (there looker's right) - is more benign than the steeper more wind loaded Toledo Chute. Being more east/southeast facing, rapid warming/sun may have played a factor. No one reported caught.