Avalanche

Avalanche: Bear Trap

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Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Trigger Type
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
51 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Start Zone Elevation
2804 m

Saw this slide from a distance today. It seemed to be a few feet deep and a couple hundred feet wide. I could not tell how far it ran. I would assume it failed on a buried sun crust. On southeast off the West Deso ridgeline into Beartrap.

Last photo by [email protected]