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Slide on Eagle chute off of Jake's

Location Name: Jake's - Eagle/Vikingsholm chute Region: West Shore Area Observation Date & Time: Sunday, May 7, 2023 - 10:20
Location: 38.967485, -120.114876 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: Yes

Observation made by: Public

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Observation

Description of Snow, Weather, and Avalanche Conditions:

Was skiing Eagle chute at about 10:20am. This was our 2nd lap and the snow had been baked by the sun by the time we dropped in. It was becoming wet/heavy compared to the drier, fresh snow we skiied the first lap. Dropped in the chute and the slide popped me on my back. Slide about 700ft staying above the snow.

Avalanche Details

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Failure Plane/Weak Layer:

New/old snow interface

Trigger

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger Modifier:

Accidentally Triggered

Terrain

Aspect:

South

Size

Destructive Size:

D1 Relatively harmless to people.

Relative Size:

R2 Small

Crown Height:

Less than 1 ft

Avalanche Width (Average width):

30ft.

Avalanche Length (Vertical Run):

700ft.

People Involved

Number of people caught:

Number of partial burials:

Number of full burials:

Weather Details

Elevation of Observation:

8000 - 9000 ft.

Blowing Snow:

None

Wind Speed:

Light

Sky Cover:

Few - Mostly Clear - up to 2/8 covered

Precipitation:

None

Air temperature:

Above Freezing

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