Quick report
- Cracking
- Observed
Observed wind slab development and cracking closer to ridge crest within the top 15cm of the snowpack. A few soft slabs released from intentional ski cutting. Noted cracking within the top 15 cm of snowpack at the entrance to Turkey Chute and in the first rollover.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- N
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 9800 ft
Intentionally triggered a few pockets of wind slab that propagated about 5 ft to each side of my skis. The first one ran about 80ft, with subsequent pockets running 30-40 ft. After the top 100 ft of the chute the snow became much less consolidated and we witnessed less cracking. We did observe the wind actively loading some of the panels to skiers left of the main chute as it picked up throughout the day.