Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 12 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Vertical Fall
- 152 m
- Avalanche Type
- Dry Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 10 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3231 m
This was a very shallow and slow moving dry loose avalanche within the new snow that seemed to be very dry unconsolidated (Faceted?). It broke at my feet in steep rocky terrain and ran approx 500 vertical feet, fanning out to maybe 40' at the toe of the debris.
Photo 1: Looking across the start zone
Photo 2: Looking down slope
Photo 3: Looking up at the few different dry loose avalanches that funneled down to the same spot.
The video shows how slow moving the snow was.