Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 45°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3231 m
The chute had about 4-6" of new snow. The first turn had no cracking or movement of the snow. Neither did the second turn. Each turn was done separately with a pause to check the snow. The third turn had a crack start at my ski tip, which was only a few feet from the rock wall. I side slipped two feet while digging in and the snow flowed over my skis. I looked down and behind me to see the chute empty out wall to wall. I was glad to not have been carried.
The crusty bed surface was challenging to ski. Most of the crowns were about 6", but one crown pulled out about a foot deep on the side of the chute further down. The debris on the apron skied well.
Photo is one of the four crowns further down the chute on the side.