Avalanche

W Smokys/Sawtooths

Ben VandenBosSawtooth & Western Smoky Mtns
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Quick report

Relaying observations from a few days in this general area at the end of Feb/beginning of March. I observed far less slab avalanche activity here than I have been finding in the Boulders and than I found immediately after the recent storm around Copper. However, I did see some large slabs failing in middle and upper elevation terrain, likely in mid Feb, that appear to have failed on the January drought layer.

Avalanche

Size
D3
Count
8
Aspect
SE
Trigger
N
Elevation
9900 ft

Nowhere near as much slab activity from 2/23-25 storm + wind event as observed in Boulders and on Copper. But plenty of large cornices failed during this storm, producing some relatively small slab avalanches on the slopes below.