Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 6 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2835 m
Small slab avalanche triggered from the top of a ridge line broke out about 15 feet wide and quickly sluffed down the mountain about 100' vertical before loosing energy.
We noticed that tracks from last week were still visible in the bowl today and decided the wind had not terribly effected the 6 inches of new snow.
First ski cut from the top released the top layer and ran on the old snow interface. Interesting that the powder right next to the sluff stayed put as the second rider dropped in. Slope is about 40 degrees.
No other avalanche activity noticed. The sun was out warming up south aspects quite a bit but not enough to make any run. Cougar tracks on top of cougar peak?