Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 152 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 10 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
Triggered a wet slab avalanche atop the Emma Ridges while skiing down towards Alta late morning. Like all wet avalanches, ran slowly and we were able to easily ski out of it. But sizable debris pile at the toe. Slab was new snow only and ran on the still-frozen crust underneath. We felt pretty good about stability skiing down South-facing aspects, but this surprised me a bit. WS-ASu-R2/D2-I