Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 32°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 24 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 6 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2134 m
We ascended a low angle ridge up from Lambs Canyon and experience significant cracking and large collapses. There was very poor snowpack structure with a wind slab on top of very loose faceted snow. We triggered this small avalanche on our exit. We had cracking and avalanches that did not slide on the low angle slope throughout our exit. We were very surprised with the poor snowpack structure at this low elevation. We started at 6000' and didn't climb above 7200'.
Red Flags Observed
- Cracking/Collapsing
- Wind drifted snow
The included video is the quick pit we did on the ridge we ascended. The 2 images in the video are some of the cracks we initiated.
The additional photos are the small slide that we triggered.