Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2896 m
While touring this lovely morning our group remote triggered a decent slide off Reed and Benson ridge in between Happy days and Lucky days from about 150 feet away. It was obvious due to the wind loading on the east aspect, and was expecting it. What was surprising was how large it went. I wasn't able to see the run out of it, but it broke 12 inches down on facets and was approx 150-200 feet wide all said and done. The snow was dense enough to throttle you through some trees. We turned back and rode happy days in some epic low angle trees it was a great time, but everything on the ridge was collapsing, and cracking where the wind deposited snow and wrecked havoc.