Avalanche

Avalanche: West Monitor

John LemnotisSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
12 m
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
305 m
Avalanche Type
Cornice Fall
Slab Thickness
91 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2987 m

Our party was coming up from a run on Will's Hill and traversing around the ridge above West Monitor. One of our party remotely triggered a cornice fall that cracked several feet back from the edge near the tip of his ski. The cornice was about the size of a small car and stepped down to the ground about 20 feet down the slope. It looked like it took any snow that was freshly loaded with it on the ride. This was slightly around the corner from the large cornice triggered avalanche from a few days ago.