Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 12 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2743 m
Intentionally triggered this little wind slab on a northeast aspect at 9k with a ski cut. SS-AS-c-D1-R1 (Pic.1) Loaded in from south winds which pulled out just below a cornice. Small and manageable however in more radical terrain it could knock you off your feet. Several other windslabs observed in in a few different "fingers" of the Y today. (Pic. 2) There were a number of older crowns in the coalpit drainage at similar elevations on northeast aspects likely from the Tuesday wind event. Evidence of consistent avalanching in the upper Y. (Pic. 3)