Avalanche

Avalanche: Gods Lawnmower

Aaron RiceSalt Lake
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Avalanche

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Been meaning to post this for a couple days and just getting around to it. Sorry.

I really don't know too much about this avalanche but saw it from across the way while skiing Raymond on 4/19. It was strikingly large. R2 D2.5, bigger than any other slide (minus glides) I've seen in a few weeks.

Based on size I am thinking it may have failed at the ground interface, as with the 3 previously reported avalanches on similar aspects and elevations in LCC. However, I never got a closer look, and maybe it was just the new snow that slide large and gouged into old isothemic snow below.

I am also guessing (hoping?) that it was not human triggered, as if it was I would hope that they would have put up a report themselves on a slide of this size.

Sorry I didn't get a closer look, but figured it was still worth posting.