Many large, destructive slides on Emigrant Peak

Emigrant Peak
Out of Advisory Area
Code
HS-N-R4-D3-O
Elevation
9800
Aspect Range
All
Latitude
45.26300
Longitude
-110.70700
Notes

[date of activity roughly estimated] From email on 2/22/2020: "The mountains around Emigrant Peak have certainly reached their tipping point. Skinning up in the morning we witnessed the debris of more than a dozen avalanches on all aspects, more than I have ever seen in a single day. Many of these avalanches were extremely large and powerful deep slabs that broke towards the ground, likely to have released within the past week. Slides were running to the end of their runout zones and carried with them many trees that were torn to shreds."

Number of slides
7
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Hard slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
4
D size
3
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Persistent Weak Layer
Slab Thickness
60.0 inches
Vertical Fall
1000ft
Slab Width
1000.00ft
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year