Avalanche

Avalanche: 10420

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Avalanche

Slab Width
3 m
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Slab Thickness
13 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
3078 m

During late morning lap on the more easterly aspect of the Northeast bowl of 10420 I crossed into a small, isolated wind slab shaded by a fir, that when ridden across cracked a bit, but did not propagate immediately. After finishing the descent my partner and I observed a slow-moving slide initiating from that spot ending up almost 70ft long after a few minutes. This was the only instance of instability we observed on the slope.