Avalanche

Avalanche: Alta Periphery

Royce Van TassellSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
5 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
6 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Avalanche broke loose on the sun crust formed since the last good snow 2 weeks ago. Pretty small. Broke as the first person in a party of 3 was approaching the slope.

Forecaster Comments: Kobernik and I triggered a similar slide today near Rocky Point with similar dimensions; produced an impressive dust cloud for being so small...However, have not seen any sun crusts on northerly terrain at that elevation.