Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 21 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 305 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 18 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southwest
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
Observed a loose/wet avalanche of appreciable size around noon on superior, observed from a similar altitude below little superior. The slide was naturally triggered in the rocks looker's up-and-right of the upper apron. The slide crossed numerous skier tracks and slid through the central chute of the lower cliff band, leaving a debris pile of ~1-4' about 100' below the cliffs. All southerly aspects were considerably warm, even at ridge tops, and skier initiated rollerballs were growing to ~1 foot in diameter and travelling far. While driving down-canyon, fresh debris was also observed in several chutes on South aspects, including Little Pine, and below Monte Cristo.