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Loose Wet Avalanche on Fireplug

Location Name: East Face of Fireplug Region: Mount Rose Area Observation Date & Time: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 - 13:00
Location: 39.324683, -119.903605 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: Yes Conditions Alerts: Avalanche Activity Rapid or Prolonged Warming Rapid or Prolonged Warming›Strong Sunshine Rapid or Prolonged Warming›Warm Temperatures Recent Loading Recent Loading›More Than a Foot of New Snow Terrain Alerts: Slopes Steeper than 30 degrees Obvious Slide Path Trigger Points

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Description of Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Conditions:

This avalanche happened sometime between noon and 3pm. We saw it from the road and don't have many details. It looked big enough to bury or injure a person. It looked like it was triggered by one skier/snowboarder and started as a point-release avalanche. The debirs fanned out to about 100 ft wide at the bottom.

Wet Loose avalanche on the east face of Fireplug

Avalanche Details

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Failure Plane/Weak Layer:

Storm Snow

Trigger

Trigger:

Skier

Terrain

Start Zone Slope Angle:

35degrees

Aspect:

East

Starting Elevation:

near-treeline

Size

Destructive Size:

D2 Could bury, injure, or kill a person.

Avalanche Width (Average width):

50ft.

Avalanche Length (Vertical Run):

300ft.

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