Avalanche

Avalanche: Maxfield Basin

ManshipSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2530 m

Spotted this from the road. I couldn't capture a good photo but this avalanche connected well up the ridge and appeared very connected. Possibly failed 300ft along the ridgeline. It looked to be about 1'-1.5'. This photo is the lowest crown of the avalanche, I estimate it is around 7800'. Based of the other avalanches we saw today in would suspect it failed on the Feb 5th crust.