Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
The hardslab that has formed along most exposed ridges is becoming much more sensitive with the continuing strong SW wind. I triggered this HS in Runaway Cliff above Sundance today while just tickling the slope right along the ridgeline. It propagated about 300' back to the east and pulled out a portion of the ridgeline that I had just used on the ascent. The crown averaged 2' but in places it was close to 4' deep. In one portion of the crown I found the rime crust at the failure layer but the majority of the weak layer was simply low density stellars below a 1F windslab.