Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 76 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2560 m
Remotely triggered avalanche on White Pine Knob, east aspect with a little north in it, seemed to be a wind deposition area. Dust on buried snow surface and radiant heat from opposing slope may have played a factor. Skiing generally challenging. lots of crusts of varying thicknesses.
Here's a little closer view...