Valanga

Avalanche: Summit Park

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Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
51 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2499 m

Skier stepped on cornice formed by SW winds and the NE slope propagated wider than anticipated, all the way down to a pencil hard bed surface near the ground.