Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 32°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Really dense and easily triggered wind pillows in intermittent locations across the slope. We knew what we were getting into but did not expect the slabs to be so cohesive and strong. Collapse was entire slab at once with very loud boom....my son stated that it sounded like an avalanche control hand charge. Tried to outrun it but the slab stayed together and gained speed rapidly so ended up stuck on top of it. These will be a bit more hidden under the new lighter snow tomorrow.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1