Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3139 m
Most of the recent avy activity from the big New Years Eve wind event was pockety. The image above was the most connected piece of snow I saw in my travels and appears to have failed on weak snow in the midpack. Most likely facets resting on a melt-freeze crust. I think this instability is short-lived, but something to keep an eye on. As a matter of fact, I found similar snowpack structure a couple bowls to the east.