Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 274 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2896 m
Most likely occurring late in the afternoon, this slide fits the trend of Friday's storm slab avalanches triggered by cornice fall. A curious antedote... because our avalanche paths are greased top to bottom, slides are running much further than we're used to seeing.