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Relay Gully (Lookers Left)

Location Name: Relay Peak Region: Mount Rose Area Observation Date & Time: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 12:45
Location: 39.313568, -119.935772 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: Yes Conditions Alerts: Avalanche Activity Recent Loading Recent Loading›More Than a Foot of New Snow Terrain Alerts: Slopes Steeper than 30 degrees

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Description of Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Conditions:

Partly sunny skies, very windy. Looked to be a wind slab with very big dense blocks of snow. Arrived on scene after the slide occurred and performed a search. All parties accounted for.

Avalanche Details

Trigger

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger Modifier:

Accidentally Triggered

Terrain

Aspect:

Northeast

Starting Elevation:

near-treeline

Size

Destructive Size:

D2 Could bury, injure, or kill a person.

Relative Size:

R2 Small

Avalanche Width (Average width):

70ft.

Avalanche Length (Vertical Run):

250ft.

People Involved

Number of people caught:

Number of partial burials:

Number of full burials:

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