Avalanche

Avalanche: West Bowl

Russ CostaSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
39°

Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Came across the crown and debris on the skin track (so not sure if it was reported earlier) up West Bowl, on a steep rollover on the NE facing slope, just above that notch between West Bowl and Doug's Drop. Perhaps a bit more wind affected in there. Either natural release or triggered remotely by an earlier party on the skin track. Soft/wind slab with the new storm snow.