Avalanche

Avalanche: Cascade Ridge

Staples, Covington, WoodruffProvo
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Avalanche

Slab Width
244 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
152 m
Slab Thickness
8 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

Spotted this slide along the Cascade ridgeline. Failed just below an obvious stripe of dust in a layer of facets. These facets were not as obvious in the crown near the ridgetop as they were on a lower slope much lower.

I was impressed how far downhill this slab fractured. It's likely that much larger avalanches happened in some of the bigger bowls.