Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3200 m
Entered the Doomsday Ramp from the Summit. Acended Cardiac from Mid Ivory. Was able to see the ramp on the way up. Snow was wind effected with a very light crust. Some very light sluffing occorred while making the first few ski cuts. Snow was stable for the majority of the chute. Towards the bottom there was a small pocket of convex wind loading. I noticed the same issue early on Cardiac, but had room to avoid it. I cut left and the slope released. I was able to ski out to the left. Small soft slab. However, after about 100ft it broke down into a week layer about 2 feet deep on about a 38 degree slope. I anticipated these pockets of wind drifted snow, however that step down did catch me a little off guard. Had I not skied out of the soft slab, I probably would have been burried by the step down.
I spent most of the day North of Superior. All of the snow was wind effected but generally stable and good skiing. However, there are a lot of these pockets of wind slabs throughout these steeper chutes. Currently Visible but will definitely be a hidden issue with the next storm.