Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1981 m
Last night I decided to go up the mill creek road considering the high danger. As I was walking up around 5 pm I noticed that the skinner (which was the deepest I've ever seen) was covered. This was just a 1/2 mile up from the gate. A small slope just above me broke and had covered the road. I proceeded up and came across another Nordic skier who had only traveled to elbow fork, meaning that this storm slab had broken in the last 20 minutes. As I proceeded up towards elbow fork I found that the skinner had been buried by small storm slabs with the deepest crowns around 1 foot two more times. This was occurring on both north and south facing slopes and in between when I saw the other Nordic skier, meaning that they had just broke in the last 20-30 minutes. I never had considered the main road to be covered by slides, so I turned around at elbow and went home.