Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 46 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3170 m
This slope typically loads with west and southwest winds. Friday's winds gusting in the 40's and 50's had no problem forming a dense, cohesive, hard slab which rests on a layer of near surface facets. Third track on the slope triggered the slab, but the rider was able to quickly get off the moving piece of snow. Not a huge slide by Uinta standards, but definitely worth noting the weak snow has come back to life.