Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 11 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2347 m
Appeared that wind blown cornices had overloaded the steep north facing slope, failing at the interface between the fresh snow from the 15th/ 16th, and being exacerbated by prominent rocks at this section, which altered the patterns of drifting snow.