| AVALANCHE OBSERVATION mount aggie Drainage: |
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| Submission Info Sam Orsello Monday, December 10, 2018 - 3:00pm |
Red Flags:
Recent loading by new snow, wind, or rain
Avalanche Type:
Slab
Slope:
35degrees
Trigger type:
Skier
Crown Height:
Less than 1 ft
Aspect:
Southeast
Avalanche Width:
50ft.
Terrain:
Above Treeline
Avalanche Length:
1 500ft.
Blowing Snow:
Yes
Cloud Cover:
75% of the sky covered by clouds
Air temperature:
Below Freezing
Wind Speed:
Moderate
Air temperature trend:
Cooling
mount aggie
37° 32' 48.3072" N, 118° 50' 29.2596" W
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Suspected reactive wind slab, aggressively ski cut upper slope wich resulted in a small slab avalanche (crown of maybe 4 inches) the resulting slide entrained a fair bit of loose snow and caused several other pockets of wind slab down slope to slide. slide ran approx 1500 feet D1+