Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 244 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3078 m
New snow sluffing was common during our tour. The sun came out a handful of times for brief periods (5-15 minutes at a time). This was enough for us to notice a significant change in the snow from dry, easy trail breaking powder to a little thicker and on occasion we would see some very small cracks while breaking trail. This ski cut was our only ski cut to have a true crown. I would classify this as between a sluff and a soft slab as the crown had slab-like characteristics, but the way the slide ran was more like a sluff of the new snow.