Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 25 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
Accidentally triggered a crossloaded pocket from prior snow and prior SW winds while skinning up slope. Slab broke about 50' above and carried two about 150'. Not really enough snow to bury but enough to carry and get the blood moving. Slab broke down to MFC. Slope was due windward and getting stripped all day.
Forecaster note: Solitude is closed to uphill traffic.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 2
- Number Carried
- 2