Avalanche

Avalanche: Catchers Mit

Ben PetersSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Observed debris from a natural slide in the main Catcher's Mitt bowl. The slide likely triggered in the chute to looker's right of the upper cliff band, but propagated across much of the east facing bowl and slid most of the way down the upper bowl. We didn't get close enough for good pictures or investigating the trigger point in detail, but it looked like new storm snow from last night, likely with added wind loading.