Avalanche

Avalanche: Duchesne Ridge

Jess LarsenUintas
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Avalanche

Slab Width
21 m
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

We came up on this which must have slid yesterday after Sunday night snow storm. It was definitely the wind load / cornice part of the ridge that the sledder triggered on the upper right.