Avalanche

Avalanche: West Monitor

LemieuxSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
38 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

I remotely triggered this slide while performing a slope cut several hundred feet above on an adjacent low angle slope. The slope cut did not produce any results on the immediate area I was going to ski and I did not hear any collapsing nor did I see any cracking. I did not notice the avalanche until I was skiing 1/2 way down the slope. I looked on my right and saw the large and long running slide that ran all the way down to the flats below. I estimate this slide to be 200' wide and 600' long. It broke along a shallow rocky area several hundred feet below the ridgeline on the PWL / new snow interface.