Incident

Avalanche: Lacawaxan

Aaron WernerehlSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
24 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
3170 m

Did a couple of slope cuts to see if the wind deposit would hold and it seemed fine. Took a turn and everything started moving around me. It ripped out about 25 feet above me but I was able to quickly dig into bed surface and did not get carried very far. Seems to be pretty firm wind slabs forming from the 2-3 inches we got last night. Glad I was not above large cliffs!

Forecaster comments - Seems likely that the weak layer may have been the 4" of 4% snow from last Sunday that faceted over the past few days. Consistent with other reports...

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1
Number Partly Buried
1