Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 53 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3139 m
1. Remotely triggered this slide from a safe spot on the ridgeline and did not realize a second slide sympathetically released. 2. Early December facets were likely the weak layer and once triggered the seasons snow pack was entrained. 3. Pretty much the whole slope had shooting cracks.