Avalanche

Avalanche: Rocky Point

Katz/HennumSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3200 m

Spotted a shallow, relatively well connected wind slab that likely ran sometime last night or this morning. I didn't investigate, but I tested the product adjacent to it. I saw other, more buried piles of debris in the Alta Periphery, but none as connnected. My sheltered pit supported my theory that the avalanche was wind related in nature.