Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 122 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 152 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 91 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
This is probably the largest avalanche we've seen on the Skyline during the 2019-2020 winter season so far. It most likely released naturally from continued wind loading. Timing of release is estimated on Saturday but it's possible it released on Friday. There were snowmobile tracks that the debris overran indicating that people were below this slope not long before it avalanched. There is a slight possiblity that it could have been snowmobile triggered but this slope frequently avalanches during windy periods like we've seen over the last three days.