Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 38 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2286 m
From the safety of the ridge my party remotely triggered a slab avalanche on a Northern facing slope that descended toward cherry creek. It fractured first on a wind loaded cornice and propagated in both directions about 30ft.