Avalanche: Lake Peak

After skinning up to Lake Peak (no name) from Red Pine I decided to descend lake chute from 10690’. About 300’ into the chute I noticed more than easily managed sluff from behind and before I could my change my line to avoid the slab I had lost a ski and was being taken for an unwanted 150’ ride. Fortunately it was just the top layer of new snow that released but it had enough mass/density to it to easily push me around and take me down. The north flank of the slab was thicker due to wind loading and fractured in larger chunks versus the loser south flank. Visibility was poor due to low clouds hence the pics do not provide much detail.