Avalanche

Heavenly

Jean Larson-ReinDouglas Island
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Quick report

Dug a crown/flank profile on skiers left side of the slide from yesterday. Approx 20cm of fresh snow had fallen since the slide occurred yesterday afternoon. The initial slide appeared to break on a density change (75 down) between two suspected wind slabs, then stepped down to the 3/6 mfc as a bed surface. Just above this crust were 4cm of rounds and faceting rounds capped by a thin crust, likely from rime.

Avalanche

This avalanche was reported yesterday: today we dug a crown profile.