Avalanche: Seward

Location: Lost Lake, fireman’s, above cabin

Date:

February 14, 2023 10:26

Observer:

Luke Short

Route & General Observations

Up fireman’s, above the cabin in the Lost Lake area.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Snowmachiner	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Wet Slab	Aspect	North Northwest
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	300ft

Avalanche Details

Small steep face, heavily loaded with wind blown snow. Slide was about 50-60 yard wide, about 12” deep with some deeper pockets.

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Lost Lake wind slab zoomed

Lost Lake wind slab

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