Avalanche

Avalanche: Lama Peak

Kevin McCurdyProvo
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Avalanche

Slab Width
12 m
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2804 m

I am guessing this occurred late in the day on Friday March 15th. There were a couple other slides posted from that day in the same area that occurred at 2:30 in the afternoon and this one wasn't mentioned and it was hard to miss. A completely different day in there today, cold, windy and locked up good. No chance of a wet/heat related avalanche. I thought I was going to break my whippet trying to stick it into the debris for the pic, rock hard!