Quick report
Short sun break around 10am, otherwise mostly cloudy. Skied one S aspect run and then two N aspect runs. On last run, ski cut the top of a steep slope and triggered a slow moving but sizable loose wet avalanche. Warmer than expected, despite mostly staying cloudy. By the afternoon, could trigger loose wet avalanches including on N aspects.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5
- Type
- WL
- Aspect
- N
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 5600 ft
Ski cut top of steep slope. Avalanche started very slowly but entrained more snow than expected and ran full length of steep slope (400ft).