Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 38 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3261 m
On our second lap in Corkscrew, we approached a steep rollover due North facing. This is right at the top of the run. Charlie made a few turns down towards the convexity, triggered a small pocket and skied off to the right to let it pass. Then he ski-cut the whole slope, to his left, and triggered the second pocket. The first one broke right at his feet, the second one, just slightly above.
D1 in size, but enough to catch a person and maybe push you into a tree. Charlie was aware of his surroundings and made a good move to get out of the way.