Avalanche

Avalanche: West Monitor

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Quick report

Slope Angle
42°

Avalanche

Slab Width
38 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
38 cm
Trigger Detail
Repeater
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3078 m

Saw this avalanche in West Monitor Bowl this morning, debris looked really fresh with no new snow on it, crown was around a foot and a half at its deepest point, and about 125ft wide at its widest ran to the flats at the bottom. This portion of West Monitor Bowl is basically a unsupported and steep snow field at the top and tends to avalanche allot. Looked like new snow only in a spot that gets wind loaded by NW winds. It is a repeater that as already slid this year, but I don't think it went into older snow layering.

Photos: whole deal, close up of the crown, form far away for perspective, and one from the side.