Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2743 m
Skinning up Highline in Mineral Fork in the afternoon and noticed this avalanche just below the ridgeline. Looked fresh enough to be either from earlier in the day or maybe overnight. The skinner and ski tracks below it had us concerned they could have triggered this wind pocket from below and not a natural, so we adjusted our plan to avoid going all th way up to to ridge on our route and not get close to any rocky steep terrain.