Avalanche

Avalanche: Potters

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Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
51 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3231 m

Two snowmobile remotely triggered avalanches. It appears that the rider was taking a stab at the lower part of the hill when he triggered the two avalanches above him. The avalanches covered his tracks but his track spit out the bottom of one of the slides so it's assumed he was not caught.