Avalanche

Avalanche: South Fork North Creek

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Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
762 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
213 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3018 m

My partner and I stumbled onto this large avalanche that occurred during the Christmas snow storms. There wasn't all that much natural avalanche activity during that period but there were a number of quite large avalanches that broke into weak snow near the ground.