Avalanche

Avalanche: 10420

KrebsSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

Placing a ski cut at the top of rollover prior to dropping into steep NNE facing trees produced ~50 ft wide soft slab. New snow only with observed crown ranging 6-10" Ran slowly on last week's faceted surface snow for a few hundred feet. There was also a slightly inverted density to the upper ~18"