Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 13 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2652 m
Powsurfer triggered, no one was caught or carried in this relatively shallow and manageable soft slab. Broke on an east face that had been loaded by west winds overnight. Failed on a thin zipper crust formed by brief periods of sun the day before. 4-6 inches deep, 150 feet wide.