Avalanche

Avalanche: White Pine

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Quick report

Slope Angle
30°

Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
12 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
8 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Poking around in the upper White Pine basin and found lots of touchy wind slabs that released 20 to 50 feet above me. Nothing of consequence on the slopes I was on but I imagine on a big wide open wind loaded slope they could be pretty damaging. From across the valley I saw the whole face between Glacier Peak and Lake Peak had released naturally with a similar wind slab. Looked like a much bigger crown 1 or 2 feet? You have to zoom in on the second picture to see it.