Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
Upper skiers left side of crown, triggered remotely from along the ridge line. Very sensitive, and propagated further than I expected. We only had one small collapse along the ridge before this released.
Slide propegated about 300' to the right. Arrows are right flank. With the shallow pack, even a short ride would have taken a person across rocks or into trees.
Heavily wind loaded part of the crown. The upper part of slab was 1 finger to pencil hardness. Slab thickness rapidly decreased down slope.
The slide released just below the rime crust that was deposited Sunday, Nov 14.