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DESCRIPTION: This photo is from mid-track. As the avalanche descended, it pulled out other slabs on the gully sides. This one is much deeper than the original fracture and is about 2 feet deep. It is a slab of soft, settled snow sliding on a thin layer or recrystallized snow. This slope probably would not have slid if it had not been walloped by the avalanche from above.
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COPYRIGHT: © 2006 Bruce Tremper
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