Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Graupel
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 76 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2865 m
Triggered this slide just after digging a pit and getting an extended column test that fracture across the whole column after 4 light taps (ECTP4). Walked about 10 feet ahead, got a collapse, and this slide broke where the slope was a few degrees steeper about 10 feet in front of me. I didn't know for sure it would slide, but was walking near the ridge to see if the snow would show any signs of instability. It did.
Third photo shows the ECT that broke in some graupel that fell the day before. The avalanche started in that layer then broke a few inches deeper.
The reason I went to this slope was because of this avalanche which occurred the day before.