Avalanche

Avalanche: TMC NE Face Skier's Right

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Avalanche

Slab Width
21 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3414 m

In the second photo, you can easily see the direction of the wind along the treed ridgeline. Occurrence time is unknown, but probably late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. This avalanche does not appear in Chris Benson's photo of this slope in his observation from Saturday, 1/24.