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Avalanche: Neffs

Observer Name
mads
Observation Date
Friday, March 15, 2024
Avalanche Date
Friday, March 15, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Neffs
Location Name or Route
Memorial Couloirs / Norths Fork
Elevation
8,300'
Aspect
West
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
12"
Width
30'
Comments
We saw some naturally releasing wet loose slides on W / WNW facing aspects late afternoon/early evening on Friday. Dimensions are estimations from a distance. Skinning up Norths Fork and Memorial Chutes, we encountered many types of wind affected snow--crusts of varying thickness, pockets of soft snow, and some small drifts. I dug a hasty pit in a small pocket of a slab that failed as I cut the top of the pit with my pole. It appeared to be 5-10 cm of wind slab on top of what I presume was approximately 30 cm of recent new snowfall. The failure was on a layer of somewhat sparse graupel (see photo).
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