Date of Observation: 04/17/2023
Name: Evan Ross
Zone: Northwest Mountains
Route Description: Poverty Gulch near Pittsburg.
Observed avalanche activity: Yes
Avalanches: This avalanche was previously reported and ran on 4/12.
This wet slab was triggered by a wet loose avalanche from above. In total, it ran 800 vertical feet, though the slab only ran about 400ft. It was surprisingly destructive. In the debris there were many aspen trees, maybe 30 to 50, and there were about 10 mature pine trees. This slope had several wet loose avalanche events in the couple of weeks before it ran as this wet slab.
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