Avalanche

Avalanche: Thomas Fork

Ambler, Zirk, NoteboomSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
15 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2408 m

Josh skied this short steeper pitch first, when he was most of the way down, I began to descend and headed towards this sub ridge feature. When I got to the steep ridge a 25ish foot wide 12 inch deep slab popped out at my feet and followed Josh's path down. He was out of the way. Cam skied down to me mid slope. Cam then cut across from me to the other side of the ridge and released another 20ish feet wide slab right above him and it ran down to the flat. Fun to see. Could have been scary in consequential terrain. There were lots of slides from the past couple days all around the basin of varying aspects, lengths, widths and depths running within the new snow and at the old snow.

quality of the video looks a little hazy and the lights a little flat but you get the gist.