Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 45°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 6 m
- Weak Layer
- Ground Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 24 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 107 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2926 m
A group of three was heading through the trees on a steep north facing slope. The first skier triggered the avalanche. Luckily, he was not caught up in it or he would have tumbled over some rocks. It was a small 3.5' slab slide. The crown was around 15-20' and the runout was around 80'. The weak layer was the rocks beneath the slab. No one was hurt.
Forecaster comment: the weak layer was probably faceted snow near the ground in the rocky terrain (similar to most other recent slides on that aspect and elevation)