Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 5 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 24 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
Skiing hideaway the snow looked dense so we did a little ski cut at the top this small slide ripped out at the knuckle leading into the chute. Must have been wind affected. Did not dig down much to see exactly what the layer was that it failed on, but it was a density change in the snow. There were a bunch of weird layers going on that the wind slabs were breaking on. My partner Alex also got the chute to crack halfway across without a slide after I had been down already. This avalanche problem seems to be on all aspects and elevations. Later in the day I was causing little slides and cracking on test slopes closer down to the LCC road on the south facing slopes.
Looking at the crown from below.
The slide path. Not too far, but could have caused some injuries possibly.
Here is some cracking from lower down on the south slopes of LCC. We also noticed a larger wind slab that had been triggered near the flagstaff skinner.