Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 34°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 5 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 12 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 25 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2896 m
Little soft slab that broke on some facets at the top of a steeper slope. Seems to have broken on facets, which were closer to the surface than what we observed mid slope.
Some whoomphing was heard as we were skinning up to the ridge, and we were able to see a lot of cracking at the top of different slopes. Things felt very touchy.
Provo mountains still have a pretty shallow snowpack, with rounding facets at the bottom foot or so.
Photo taken by Jackson Chandler.