Naturally triggered slides off Obo

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s.buning5566 · Feb 5, 2017 · South Coast Inland

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Weather
stormy, cloudy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

Three naturally triggered, ~40 cm deep slabs off Obo, all propagating at least 50 feet across. . Slabs were suspectedly triggered by skiers skinning on ridge above. Slabs consisted of light density storm snow sliding on variable wind crust. None of the slides stepped down to deeper layers.