Avalanche

Avalanche: Snowbasin Backcountry

Erick COgden
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Avalanche

Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

Looks to have slid up to 1,000' during the rapid warning yesterday or the day before. Wet snow slid down the NW face and into the gully where it collected in two piles of debris. The lower photo shows the lower, larger debris which completely scoured the choke down to ice and bulletproof, which was not fun. I would expect slides like this to pepper the area until it cools off again.