Avalanches on Great Northern

Location Name: Great Northern Observation date: Monday, December 9, 2019 - 05:45	Is this an Avalanche Observation: Yes

Observation made by: Public

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Went flying today to check out some avalanches. We found some on the NE side of the great northern. Attached are a couple pics.

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Avalanche Details

Avalanche Details:

Date and Time of Avalanche:

Sunday, December 8, 2019 - 00:45

Number of avalanches:

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Failure Plane/Weak Layer:

Old snow

More information or comments about the avalanche:

One appeared to step down close to ground.

Trigger

Trigger:

natural

Terrain

Aspect:

Northeast

Starting Elevation:

above-treeline

Size

Destructive Size:

D2.5

Relative Size:

R3 Medium

Avalanche Location:

Date and Time of Avalanche:

Sunday, December 8, 2019 - 00:45

Number of avalanches:

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Failure Plane/Weak Layer:

Within storm snow

Trigger

Trigger:

natural

Terrain

Aspect:

Northeast

Starting Elevation:

above-treeline

Size

Destructive Size:

D1.5

Relative Size:

R2 Small

Avalanche Location:

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