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Dicks Peak Deep Slab

Location Name: Dicks Peak Region: Desolation Wilderness Area (including Emerald Bay) Observation Date & Time: Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 12:00
Location: 38.903805, -120.143652 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: Yes Conditions Alerts: Avalanche Activity Recent Loading Recent Loading›Blowing Snow Recent Loading›More Than a Foot of New Snow Recent Loading›Snowfall Rates of More Than 1 in/hr Terrain Alerts: Slopes Steeper than 30 degrees Obvious Slide Path Terrain Matches the Advisory

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Description of Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Conditions:

The largest of a handful of recent avalanche crowns visible in Desolation Winlderness as see from the top og Hidden Peak on March 23. Difficult to see in the photo and unable to improve with photo editing software. Crown height estimated at over 10 feet due to very large appearance from far away. Most likely occurred during the storm on March 22.

Very difficult to see in photo, but very large crown in center.

Avalanche Details

Avalanche Type:

Deep Slab

Failure Plane/Weak Layer:

Unknown

Trigger

Trigger:

Natural

Terrain

Aspect:

Northeast

Starting Elevation:

above-treeline

Size

Destructive Size:

D4 Could destroy a railway car, large truck, several buildings, or a substantial amount of forest.

Relative Size:

R4 Large

Crown Height:

More than 10 ft

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