Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 12 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
I was the second skier to drop into the Upper Mary Chutes and triggered a graupel pocket described above. Slow moving and easy to ski off. We did not observe any signs of instability up until triggering this avalanche. While exiting around Lake Mary, however; we triggered numerous collapses. It seemed the scales tipped to Considerable around 1:30-2pm. By that time, 9" @ 1.55" SWE had fallen near the base of Brighton.