Quick report
- Cracking
- Observed
Wind loading and wind slab
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- scattered
- Wind Loading
- intense
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5 R2
- Type
- HS
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 10935 ft
During our descent, we intentionally slope cut a wind loaded section of the slope which released a D1.5 R2 avalanche that moved quickly down the couloir. The crown hight varied from 6 inches to 3 feet and extended about 100 ft wide. The avalanche ran about 1400 feet.