Avalanche

Avalanche: River Trail

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Avalanche

Slab Width
6 m
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
1554 m

A small natural wet avalanche piled up on the River Trail. Wet avalanches are possible on lower elevation slopes in places where they may not be expected, like where you might take your dag for a walk or go for a run. These are most likely when temperatures warm up or it rains and the saturated snow becomes loose and unstable.