Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
Intentionally triggered two slides in Scotties on the ridge west of the summit. First was cornice drop, second was ski cut. Both propagated and ran. Neither caught nor carried a person (skier made it to island of safety on the ski cut). Both failed on new snow/old snow interface. Depth varied from 50 to over 100 cm in depth and in both cases the soft slab was the result of wind loading. All photos are of the second, ski cut triggered slide.