Avalanche

Avalanche: Summit Park

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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2499 m

Roughly 50' wide maybe 150' run, maybe a foot deep wind slab avalanche in the trees in a heavily skied portion of summit park. This occurred maybe 500' ft east of the chair.