Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 3 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Sympathetic Release
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 1981 m
This test slope triggered sympathetically. I took a few steps above the skin track and stomped out a dry loose slide at my feet that was the full depth of the new snow and slid down the 6ft or so to the skin track. This in turn triggered a soft slab pocket about 20 or 30ft away. The second photo shows where I stomped the dry loose (left side) and the slab release (right side).