Lang Shoulder Large Natural on 2 aspects
Quick reporttravis_johnson17 · Mar 13, 2026 · Dogtooth
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, cutBlocks, openTrees, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
We were the first group into the zone since the last snow Thursday morning. Assuming this very large natural avalanche occurred in the storm.
Avalanche
- Run Length
- 1000
- Trigger Type
- natural
- Wind Exposure
- crossLoadedSlope
- Avalanche Size
- 3.5
- Start Zone Aspect
- E, SE
- Vegetation Cover
- openSlope
- Start Zone Incline
- 36
- Avalanche Character
- deepPersistentSlab, stormSlab
- Crust Near Weak Layer
- 1
- Number Of Avalanches
- 1
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2550
- Avalanche Observation
- 24to48hrsAgo
- Weak Layer Crystal Type
- stormSnow, surfaceHoar
- Start Zone Elevation Band
- alp
- Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
- 2026-03-12T12:00:00.000Z
Storm snow started in the alpine and as it moved down the mountain it stepped down in multiple areas to deeper PWLs. This avalanche propagated to 2 different aspects and produced 2 x 3.5 sized avalanches. The East aspect ran 1 km and the debris piled up for 250 m across the flats and into the timber taking out several trees and the normal pickup zone for sled skiers. The SE avalanche ran 850M across two large flat benches, taking out timber and leaving a massive debris pile spread over 650M. This avalanche took out the normal up track for sled skiing. In over 20 years of riding in this area I have never observed an avalanche travel this large and through this terrain.