Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 244 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 33 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3078 m
Set this soft slab off in the center punch in West Monitor, I didn't need a cornice to kick all that was required was a quick stomp on the edge of the bowl and a soft slab released 13 inches deep and 60ft wide, ran full track to the flats with a decent debris pile at the bottom. The weak layer was a density change that I had noted hiking up, it was 6 to 8 inches deep but the soft slab pulled out a bit deeper because of wind loading.
Photos: crown and slide path, tough day for photos.