Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
- Collapsing
- isolated
Wind / fresh storm slab at upper elevations. Minimal cohesiveness between new & old snow interfaces in GV currently.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 15
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Recent Snowfall
- 15
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Snowpack
Fresh light density snow with moderate wind transport sitting on a weak new/old snow interface.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5 R3
- Type
- HS
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 10400 ft
Human triggered wind/storm slab in steep couloir on SE - E aspect. Snow failed on the old snow/new snow interface about a foot deep. Slide path ran about 700 feet to base of Jackson peak. One skier was carried about 200 feet & never buried.