Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 25 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
The blower powder from yesterday was a distant memory today. The wind had its way with the snow creating some drifts and cornices in places rarely seen and in the wrong direction. In the just the last 2 days the wind has created large drifts and even cornices on the Fin. In West Monitor, Mr. Whites tracks from yesterday were already covered up. I was able to get a small manageable wind slab to pop out on my descent of West Monitor. The snow ran on an old melt-freeze crust. The crown clearly shows 2 layers that slid but the second layer appeared to be isolated to just beneath the cornice. I'd like to give a thanks to the group that was on top that gave a shout out when the slab failed. I wasn't going to bother posting this but when driving home the slide was highly visible from US40 so I thought I should share.