Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 3 m
- Avalanche Type
- Dry Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
We were a group of 2 skiing two dogs in Days fork. It was actively snowing with some wind loading. First skiers performed a ski cut at the top of two dogs and we saw no signs of instability at the time. The first skier skied the slope without incident. The second skier skied the same slope, but mid slope where the pitch starts to level off slightly a small pocket released and ran a short distance. The skier was able to ski away without incident. We inspected the slide from the bottom so measurements are only guesses. It looked to be a crown of 8-10" with a width of 30" and ran a short distance of 10 feet or so. After considering what could have been the cause since it released mid slope where the angle started to mellow out slightly we thought it could have been a grauple pocket that could have collected in that area forming a small isolated weak area.
We saw no other major signs of instabilities.