Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Avalanche Type
- Dry Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2560 m
I was skinning up Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Moe (technically at "Miny") when I saw a couple guys coming down – they told me a small slide almost reached them while they were skinning up, a couple hundred feet above where I was at. I looked at the slide path before turning around myself – it ran from the ridge (somewhere between 8300-8400') down a couple hundred feet to where the terrain levels off a bit. I did not keep going up & didn't get close enough for a good picture.
The slide-path was east-facing and > 30 degrees.
I think even a very small slide at this low of elevation is notable; at least it changed how I'm thinking about current conditions.