Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 53 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2530 m
We had been getting good sized collapses all day on east through north-facing slopes but had seen no significant cracking until late afternoon. It seemed that earlier in the day the new slab was not cohesive enough to rip out into a slab avalanche. By late afternoon the slab was seven to eight inches up from four this morning. I triggered the slide either remotely from above or from an adjacent lower angle slope. It failed on top of the ice crust.