Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 24 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Vertical Fall
- 76 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 13 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3200 m
Conditions changed quite rapidly around 11 am with the High PI rates. I was cutting across the top of east bowl sending loose dry snow down the slope when it began to run fast, entrain more snow and pulled out a new storm slab (5" or so) that ran into the trees below. D1.5 big enough to take off your feet and into trees or rocks but not bury. Got touchy out there during and just after that period. Exited south facing at 2:30 and slough was running generally slow with no slabs found. Increase in N winds tonight could change that.
Was noticing some cracking within the new snow on our ascent out of west bowl.