Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 11 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 25 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2865 m
Intentional cornice drop on the ridge triggered a sluff of the new snow that ran nearly full track to the flats. This was not a surprise, given the poor bonding to the bed surface, evidence of natural sluffing on steeper, adjacent slopes and the avalanche advisory for the day.