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January 23, 2020

Storm Slab on Schuylkill

Location: Paradise Divide Area
Date of Observation: 01/23/2020
Subject: Storm Slab on Schuylkill
Aspect: North East
Elevation: 11,000 ft

Avalanches:

About a foot of new snow on top of Schuylkill Ridge. Dropped into what seemed to be more than a foot of new snow on ridge skiers left of Thanksgiving Bowl. Triggered a storm slab on a convex roll at about 11,000 ft. Estimated 15 inch crown, 50 feet wide, running about 700 feet. Not a good day to be on Spookill.