Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 122 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 152 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2286 m
Party triggered a slide from 50' away while on a ridge. No photo, but every east facing slope was producing shooting cracks.
The only photo was from a switchback onto a small test slope that produced a shooting crack.
More photos from 2/23
Avalanche broke on top of a thick crust. I couldn't find any weak facets, but I suspect they were present due to the remote trigger, wide propagation both across and down the slope.