Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 32°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 76 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 46 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 25 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- South
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
No one caught or carried
Soft storm/windslab triggered remotely while skinning up lookers right side of the slope. Additional fracture happened upon 3rd skier dropping into area that approaches 30-32 degrees.
Slide appears to have run 150 ft and 250 ft wide. Lower 1/2 of this slope mellows to 25 degrees then gradually flat, so the avy just ran out of juice. I have not seen this slope slide more than the top 1/2. There was heavy wind loading past 2 days and the snowpack here just hit its tipping point.
Overall area was getting slabby and very sensitive, cracks were noted on most of skin up, but only shooting 3-5 ft max.
Wind was gusting to 30 mph and sun is popping out this afternoon, so I expect conditions to get worse. Be safe.
Photo 1- Avalanche outlined
Photo 2- Lookers far right is the skin track (slope angle measured out at 28/29 degrees)
Photo 3- Zoomed into skin track and ski track