Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2835 m
We observed massive cornices over Reynolds Face, including a smaller subset of cornices at the top of an east facing rollover just under the summit. At around 12:30, headed up for our last lap after a day in the glades, I noticed disrupted snow towards the bottom of the slope. As we neared the top, the smaller subset of cornices appeared to have broken and triggered just the top few inches (likely wind loaded) in a soft slab slide. The slide ran down about %80 of the slope. The cornices that broke were not large, overhanging a foot at most and only up to a foot thick. Their size was puny compared to the cornices overhanging the NE face, which also appeared to be shedding in between laps.