Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 152 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
After dropping a cornice and stomping around near the starting zone, I intentionally triggered the soft slab with a ski cut on the 40-degree slope. Well off the slab, I watched the slide pick up speed and run for 500 feet.