Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Weak Layer
- Surface Hoar
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2469 m
Thomas Fork, Neffs Canyon Light snow, no wind
broken record: soft slab, N aspect, approx. 8100' to 7850', 35 degree+, 1'-1.5' depth, 200'+ wide, approx. 5 ft deposition at spots, surface hoar weak layer, 1 skier remotely triggered from uptrack. Also observed two other slides (likely naturals) further up Thomas Fork.
from 7800' - 8200' (high as I went), multiple cracking & collapses
no wind, wind transported snow issues observed
Around 8000' in Neffs I've seen multiple pockets of surface hoar-caused slides & cracking in the last week. Up high in LCC/BCC haven't seen it. For several years I've wondered if one of the standard routes we use would be within the runout zone of the slide path that went today, and indeed it is - the toe of the slide covered nearly 100 ft of uptrack. Good lesson. Needless to say the chosen ski route out was very conservative.