Avalanche

Avalanche: Mid-Funnel

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Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3261 m

Stumbled upon this one on Monday 2/12. Most likely ran during the February 7th cycle. Avalanches ran in the Upper Funnel and Lower Funnel Skier's left on this same day. The bed surface of this avalanche was mostly filled back in. This avalanche could have failed on the same weak layer as the avalanche in the Lower Funnel (see that avalanche observation for a snow profile). Either way, it entrained a good amount of snow, because the debris pile stopped about 20 feet from the skin track in the bottom of the drainage.