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Observation Details

Observation Date:
December 11, 2022
Submitted:
December 13, 2022
Zone or Region:
West Mountain Area
Activity:
Snowmobiling/Snowbiking
Location:
West Mountain not to far from the trail.

Triggered Avalanches

Did you trigger any avalanches? 
Yes
Was it intentional? 
No
Avalanche Type:
Hard Slab
Size:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to people
Elevation:
7000ft
Aspect:
E
Comments:

Signs of Unstable Snow

None reported

Observations

Quite steep terrain 7000ft give or take 100ft we were very cautious all day the hill was small and we went down it to get into a new zone when it broke. It wasn’t very big not enough to kill or injury someone but if it was a bigger hill it could have been a problem.

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