Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3170 m
At about 1700 on 03.21.2023 a skier triggered SS slide. D2R3AS. Skier carried about 10 feet in the slab before self arrest. Crown was about 12-15 inches deep and it ran through the rest of the couloir but not quite to the flats at the bottom. Chute itself was about 40 degrees. Ths snow surface underneath was a supportable sun crust from the last mini dryspell.
Incident
- Number Carried
- 1