Avalanche

Avalanche: Big Water

Primomo, Glew, GustafsonSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
41 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
2682 m

Bigwater Peak one of the East Face gullies, 8800ft.: SS-ASr-R2-D2. Another remotely triggered slide, maybe 30ft. from crown. Crown about 100ft. wide, ran 800 vertical feet making the noise of a rain stick as it plowed through the alders.