Avalanche

Avalanche: Mineral Fork

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Avalanche

Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow

The whole west wall of mineral, from barrieto to moonlight ripped out sometime last night. Large crown was noted below some steeper parts of high line as well.

our group skied East fork, the lower half had been swept sometime last night by a large slide coming out of hanyak.

debris in the bottom of mineral were wall to wall and many feet deep.