Avalanche

Avalanche: Smith-Moorehouse

Weston DeutschlanderUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
18 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
152 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3018 m

Skier triggered wind slab and broke larger than expected. Skier initiated at thin part of slab. Skier skied off of slab.

A very quick crown profile showed F+ (12") storm snow on top of a very consolidated slab. Pencil to Knife hardness on top of a thin layer of facets. Fists in the upper layer, can't even see where I was poking with my finger and then the facet layer on the bottom.