Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- Graupel
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Dry Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 25 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3200 m
Saw multiple natural new snow slides that were small and didn't run very far. All occurred under cliff bands, where graupel had pooled to depths of a few inches. Slides seemed to start as point releases, perhaps new snow sluffs off of the cliff bands, and widened as they ran downhill.