Avalanche

Avalanche: Emma Ridges

Kalandiak, KinosianSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2804 m

We saw this small pocket pulled out after a few laps on the Emma's. Unsure if this was skier triggered or natural during the lake effect snow. There is a track above the slide so may have released sympathetically. We noticed a density change about 6-8" down, perhaps from grauple or warming yesterday. This slide may have released on that layer, but we didn't investigate further so hard to say.

Overall excellent skiing today, some long running sloughs and surface cracking but limited propagation.