Valanga

Avalanche: Days Fork

John MletschnigSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
122 m
Weak Layer
Density Change
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
36 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3170 m

Remotely triggered four slides in Main Days, Banana Belt and Days draw. Days draw being the largest one and triggered from about 100' away while traveling on the ridge top. Slides were breaking down slope a fair ways and on slightly mellower slope angles than we anticipated, even with the spike in winds during the late afternoon. Slides appears to break on a very subtle density inversion right on top of the melt freeze crust from last Wednesday and Thursday (20cm above the now dirty snow layer).