Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3139 m
Easily triggered 3 slides in the Rocky Point chutes, by standing at the top and kicking soft wind pillows. All failed on facets, an
Slides were triggered in wind drifted areas, and very sensitive. There were breaking down into the dirty brown weak facets between two crusts. This slide was triggered remotely from the lower left corner of the picture.
Looking down one of the slides. While not running full track, debris looked to be piled up decently against the first large trees.
Wind drifted areas cracked easily, and could fail either on the weak surface facets right beneath the newer snow, or all the way down on the mid pack facets. Also got distinct woomph and a small foot deep release (that ran all of 12") in a wind loaded gully at about 10,000'.