Avalanche

Avalanche: Meadows

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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
24 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
61 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2682 m

We triggered a soft slab at the lower rollover in the meadow chutes. Was slow moving and probably not big enoug h to bury someone. Was cocnerning because we had identified the rollover as an area ofconcern at the outset of our tour but by the time we got there we had let our guard down.