Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 27 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 33 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2926 m
I triggered this soft slab when I jumped off a cornice onto the slope, I had plenty of speed to ski off the slab before it got moving too fast, and I did not take a ride. The crown was 18 inches at it's deepest but averaged around a foot, 80 to 100ft wide and ran about 300ft. The set up was a wind slab on preserved facets from last weeks high pressure. The slope is a steep shady and N facing at about 9600ft in elevation. It was obvious that there were buried facets in this location on our hike out and they just needed a stiffer slab on top and a trigger to be activated.
Photos Whole deal, crown and debris pile