Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
Skied our way to Flanagan's this morning noting very stiff snow on the LCC/BCC ridge line that defines the skiers left of East Bowl, which we avoided.
Large cornice at the top of Flanagan's had a ramp onto the run. We were able to use the ramp to put ourselves into a position to break off a bit of the cornice from a safe stance. After a couple of whacks with a pole we dropped a fairly small bit of cornice which trigger this soft slab. Didn't measure the crown but estimate 40' x 12". The interface seemed to be yesterday's snow that had a bit of time to settle before the new snow we got overnight.
The slide moved slowly but did run fairly far as you can see in the photo.