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Avalanche: Days Headwall
Observer Name:
Meisenheimer
Observation Date:
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Occurrence Date:
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Occurence Time:
2:00pm
Region:
- Days Headwall
Location Name or Route:
Oingo Boingo
Elevation:
10000
Aspect:
North
Slope Angle:
37
Trigger:
Skier
Trigger: additional info:
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type:
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem:
Persistent Slab
Weak Layer:
Facets
Depth:
18"
Width:
150
Vertical:
500
Coordinates:
Walking the Days Fork ridge line we remotely triggered this avalanche from roughly 50' away. Big collapse and then the steep part of the slope avalanched. After a few seconds it sympathetically released the adjacent slope and that also ran to the flats.