Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 30°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 183 m
- Weak Layer
- Depth Hoar
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wet Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
Corn slabs are a Uinta phenomenon, but basically it's strong snow on weak snow. In this case, a supportable melt freeze crust collapsed and cracked, but didn't avalanche because the slope angle was only 30 degrees.