Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 34°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 6 m
- Weak Layer
- Wet grains
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 13 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Wet Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
Our party of 3 initiated two small wet slides on our south-facing exit from the West Bowl of Silver fork at about 4:30pm today. The first was initiated on a lateral traverse from the top of the West Bowl over to Emma # 1 area.
The second occurred in a small SW-facing gully during our descent. This broke at my partner's skis and ran for about 300 vertical feet, entraining a fair amount of wet snow along its path.
Nobody caught or carried in either event.