Quick report
New snow had warmed and appeared well bonded to buried crust during hand pits. No other signs of instability.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 8640 ft
Small pocket released when traversing a small SSE starting zone.( ~35deg). Initially lethargic but gathered momentum and entrained a fair amount of other snow further down its course. Wet heavy and stout debris pile. Ran on thick ice crust 20-30cm down.