Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Hiker
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 122 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2347 m
Triggered from afar as we boot-packed. Super wind drifted. Only 3 feet of snow on top, more than 7 feet at the heaviest point of the slope probably and many layers.
I went up to examine this avalanche on Sunday (1-29-23) I found that the avalanche failed on small-grained faceted snow that was on the snow surface during cold weather a couple weeks ago. (Near surface facets or NSF) This is a buried persistent weak layer , but this type of instability usually heals fairly quickly. Toby Weed