Avalanche

Avalanche: West Monitor

White, KobernikSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
36°

Avalanche

Slab Width
213 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3078 m

Skiers right side of West Monitor, remotely triggered from quite a distance away, walking along the flats felt a large collapse and with how the day was going figured there would be an avalanche. We were too far away to see the slide but just kept our eyes peeled on the run out, sure enough spotted a large powder cloud in the bottom of the bowl. When we got to where we could see the actual slide noted that the week layer was facets on the ground, took out the whole seasons snow pack. Numerous pockets comprised this large avalanche. Snow pack was not happy today, all the slides noted were set off remotely from a good distance away on flat terrain.