Avalanche

Avalanche: Chilly Peak Slabs

Doug WewerOgden
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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
686 m
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
2499 m

This cluster of avalanches includes the ZeroG chute slide that Bill Brandt reported on 2/9. All of the runouts are above the Environmental Center area of North Fork Park. Visibility wasn't great today, but I was able to make out the outline of a slab near Chilly peak, as well as the large debris piles from at least five individual sub-drainages. It appears possible that all of these slides slid sympathetic to each other, possibly triggered by a slab that failed near the ridgeline. Measured from north to south, this cluster of avalanches spans nearly a mile.

Close up of slab the released near the summit of Chilly Peak.

Close up of debris pile in center of cluster.