Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 305 m
- Weak Layer
- Depth Hoar
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
This slope caught our eye and Trent and I went to investigate these cracks on a low angle, wind loaded slope to see how evenly distributed the slab was. We got the entire slope to collapse multiple times, particularly where the snowpack was thinner.
As we walked along the ridge in thick trees and in a safe location, we experienced several collapses before remotely triggering this 4'-6' deep hard slab from a couple hundred feet away.
Large pieces of the slope cracked and window paned, but remained in place where the slope angle mellowed to less than 30 degrees in steepness.
Trent stands by the crown of this huge slide.