Avalanche

Avalanche: Steam Mill #2

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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
244 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Trigger Detail
Sympathetic Release
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

From Beaver Mt, Could see 3 large recent avalanches in Steam Mill #2 in upper Hells Kitchen Canyon...From a distance these looked quite f

The photo is looking up the Southern Flank of the south of three avalanches, which appear to have been natural sympathetic avalanches from late last week....

Debris from the large avalanches ran quite a distance through deadly trees in the obvious run-out zone of the large avalanche-prone slope...

We encountered deep piles of chunky debris stacked on the sparse trees high in the path of the middle avalanche...