Avalanche

Avalanche: Naomi Trail

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Quick report

Slope Angle
38°

Avalanche

Slab Width
15 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
38 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

East face around 1030 am. Rider was powsurfing and riding a lightly corniced shoulder aside the main bowl. Rider was aware when it fractured, skirted the left side of the path and road away from the path.

piled up mid slope on a shelf a few feet deep and ran the length of the slope about 500 for or so.