Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Avalanche was sizable for the path, and I couldn't tell if it was a natural or skier triggered. Ran on the facets at the ground, NE aspect below treeline. R2 D2 Released in a wind loaded area just over a roll over. It's skiers left about 1/4 of the way down at the smaller "half pipe" to the skiers right of the main drainage in the basin. Debris chunks were refrigerator sized. Crown varied from ~16" to 36" (visual estimate) and had propagated quite a ways from what looked like the initial start point.