Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 42°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 12 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 41 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2743 m
Observed a couple natural avalanches in the nice bowl below Steam Mill #3. The most recent was quite fresh. Must have occurred overnight or early this morning. Recent wind loading and perhaps a cornice-fall triggered it.
Solstice light and rime ice in the trees at upper elevations on Steam Mill #3