Lawine

Avalanche: Reynolds Peak

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Quick report

Slope Angle
32°

Avalanche

Slab Width
12 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

Kicked cornices above east aspect of Reynolds bowl while travelling up the N ridge. When a large piece of cornice was dropped (approx 6' x 4' x 4' chunk), a small soft slab was triggered that was 8-10" deep and 20' wide or so, and it only ran about 100' vertical down the east aspect. Higher up, I ski cut a diagonal line to the left, from the summit, across the usual wind roll that forms right below the peak, exiting back onto the N ridge approach track. The wind roll fractured 3'+ deep and propagated down the N ridge cornice line for about 40 feet, and to the east underneath the summit ridge cornice for another 25' or so to the east. This all triggered a soft slab below, 1.5' deep, that ran almost to the first bench at the bottom of the bowl. The debris fanned out at the bottom of the bowl, to about 50' wide, roughly 1.5-2' deep. A lot of snow moved, but this slope did not confine the debris, so the slide was less dangerous than it would have been on a more complex slope.