Our first glimpse of the avalanche zone looks like a small avalanche blocked the trail. The huge bent trees hint at the reality.

Sean leads the way up onto the snow. We get our first look at the scale of the avalanche.

Kris and Jen work their way across the snow.

The next area was massive amounts of small debris on top of a field of snow.

A shattered tree demonstrates the force while the spruce trees in the background demonstrate the flow

Heading out of the avalanche zone required crossing through the downed trees.