Dry-snow slab avalanche
Juerg Schweizer
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
This dry-snow slab avalanche was triggered by a group of snowshoers on 17 March 2006.
It is an exemplary dry-snow slab avalanche with a clear fracture line and a stauchwall.
The avalanche was about 110 m wide, 170 m long and the fracture depth was on average about 90 cm.
Slope angle in the starting zone was 35-40 degrees, elevation of the highest point was about 2635 m asl, elevation of the deposit was about 2560 m asl.
Unfortunately, three persons were caught and partly or fully buried. The fully buried person did not survive the burial.
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Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
848.7 KB
Width
2048 px
Height
1536 px
Aspect
4:3
Brand
Nikon
Model
E885
Exposure
8 mm f/7.6 1/431 s ISO 100
Taken
18 March 2006
Coordinates
46.7062, 9.9598
Tint
Light gray
Submitted
30 March 2020
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