Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 21 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2926 m
We remotely triggered this avalanche from the ridgeline and did not notice until we had a better view. This was a large wind slab that ran on facets on the October crust, note the large stress fractures above the crown. We were probably 50ft away when we triggered it.