Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 32°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Surface Hoar
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 46 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
This slide was triggered while descending the slope along a sub-ridge in a shallow part of the slope. It averaged 12-18" deep and failed on surface hoar. Many slopes with similar aspect and elevation were ridden without incident today, which verifies the pockety nature of surface hoar.
The soft slab was a combination of fist snow on top with 4f snow underneath. This surface hoar developed on 2/16/10 and is now buried about 16-20" deep.