Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 12 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 76 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
Walking up Pink Pine ridge we noticed that fresh drifts cracked easily. Stomping wind-deposited snow, we were able to initiate soft slab avalanches that increased in size, depth and energy as we traveled above increasingly steeper and more wind-loaded terrain. The following photos are of one of these intentionally triggered avalanches.
New snow was on the move today.