Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 25 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2896 m
Road cuts and gully features like in the image above, were hyper-reactive midday as snowfall rates spiked
Snow doesn't like rapid change and that was glaringly apparent as todays storm settled in and lit up the eastern front, rapidly stacking up 10" of snow in a matter of a couple hours (17" storm totals since 17:00 hrs 3-22)
Snowfall reaching nearly 5" an hour produced very tender shallow soft slabs which went from ridiculously easy to initiate, to hair trigger in just a matter of minutes as winds bumped just a titch... into the teens and low 20's. These were generally benign and very predictable avy's. This was not only a special day to be out and about with a super solid crew, it was truly an amazing meteorological event to witness!
Over-the-hood and over-the-head.... avy-savvy, snow-pros Dave Kikkert and Andy Nassetta implementing some throttle therapy whilst product testing in a big open meadow.