Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 122 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 137 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
The weak layer on this slide was not positively identified but the fracture line wasn't deep enough to break into older layers of faceted snow. This tells us it broke somewhere within recent storm layers. There was one other avalanche that was similar to this in lower Staker.