Avalanche

Avalanche: Murdock Peak

BrackelsbergSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
34°

Avalanche

Slab Width
183 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2774 m

We remotely triggered this slide while skiing the lower angle ridgeline. The slide ran at least 200 meters down the ridge and past where I took the photo. It ran on the old snow/new snow interface. Part of this slid 8 days ago.