Avalanche

Avalanche: Little Water

Gagne/Dunn/SteenburghSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
18 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
76 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2835 m

Remotely-triggered a wind-loaded slope on a SE aspect while descending Little Water Peak down into Mill D. Weak layer was a thin layer of faceted snow/weak stellars underneath a 1-2 mm sun/temperature crust that had formed early this week (likely Tuesday).

SS-ASr-R3-D1.5-I

*Ignore comment on video about northeast aspect - was a southeast aspect!