powder house bowl avalanche

Location Name: powder house Region: Luther Pass Area (including Job and Freel) Observation Date & Time: Sunday, March 22, 2020 - 11:00
Location: 38.789101, -119.989595 See map: CalTopo	Is this an Avalanche Observation?: Yes Conditions Alerts: Avalanche Activity Terrain Alerts: Slopes Steeper than 30 degrees Obvious Slide Path Trigger Points Terrain Matches the Advisory

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while skiing powder house bowl my partner and I noticed a large slide. we saw the report from the day earlier and not sure if this was the same one. I did not see and tracks leading into the crown. it seemed to be the deep slab issue in tree line. the crown ripped about 100-150 feet in length and slide debris ran 400-500 feet below crown.

about 400-500 ft below crown

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