Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 18 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- South
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
Descending from the Emma ridge I ski cut an unsupported convex slope. Size 1 ran around 200'. Storm slab and loose snow but the surprise in this is that the high humidity this afternoon has quickly consolidated and given slab quality to the 8" of mixed density snow/grauppel that has fallen on the old sun crust. As of now the snow is manageable but specific terrain features and wind transport could definitely produce something capable of burying a skier. If there is another inch of water that falls quickly on top of this, it could yield a highly active storm slab that has some serious potential to bring the hazard up on south slopes.