Avalanche

Avalanche: Weber Canyon

Michael JanulaitisUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
18 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

I remotely triggered this slide while skinning up the shoulder in low angle terrain some 250 ft away. The slope faces east. The crown is in the typical place, just at the rollover. It ran on the facets that lay under the rime crust from the 27th of January.