Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 305 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
Person took 100' ride and was not buried Forecaster Notes: Wonder if some southeast facing slopes have a thin layer of buried facets or surface hoar on the crust. May 3, 2024- this note about buried facets or PWL under the new snow matches some of the other observations that came in during this time period during mid-March 2008.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1