Avalanche

Avalanche: Wedding Ring Ridge

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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
38 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Natural
Vertical Fall
18 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
36 cm
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Cornice
Start Zone Elevation
3078 m

Wind blowing around 25 out of the East, not loading from the South as is normal for this cornice. Snow pit in the area and same aspect had 10 inches of new wind packed powder, over 10 inches of loose faceted snow over the 4 inches of October snow which was frozen hard. The first ECT broke at the at the faceted layer when the back cut was finished, the second an ECT 6 at ground level.

There was a thin melt freeze crust between the old and new snow. As you can see in the below photo, was a Q1 on the melt freeze crust.