Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 38 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 51 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2926 m
Remotely triggered this avalanche from the other side of the ridge and 100ft away. It ran on a layer of large grain facets at the ground, no October crust was noted in the crown. Of note was that the facets were not cleaned out of the bed surface and seems likely to repeat.