Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2774 m
Snow pack demands healthy skepticism at this point. Tests may give conflicting results and a solid understanding of what's been going on around the neighborhood is important. I intentionally targeted the northern end of the ridgeline as it seems not too many obs have come in from here. Ski cut avalanches were quickly entraining all new snow below and moving fast and far. I didn't see debris deep enough to bury a person, but getting knocked down and carried into the trees could prove fatal. Below pic is closeup of the facet/crust/facet/crust/facet sandwich. Small NSF sit on top of a thin rain crust, that sits on top of well developed 1.5-2mm facets that sit atop a second raincrust, with chaining facets growing downward from the bottom of it. The small < 1mm NSF on the top crust aeem weakest and most reactive in this location.
spoke to another experienced skier on my way out, they remotely triggered a large slab in North Bowl on Murdock peak while skiing adjacent, lower angle terrain. Dimensions are unknown due to visibility being poor. He mentioned it raced past him with a sizable powder cloud. Pic is debris from intentional triggered slide. Debris had enough force to break branches on a few small trees below me.