Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Cornice
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
Cornice triggered new wind drifted snow avalanche. This wasn't very deep and wouldn't have been deep enough to bury a person. It appears it was natural ( but being such a busy location) it could have been skier initiated. Smaller avalanche on lookers left in photo ran 200'.
First photo-Larger further running cornice triggered avalanche
Second photo- smaller avalanche on lookers left of photo (debris stopped behind the tree island).