Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 45°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 244 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Wet Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3353 m
Soft slab released with ski cut on top of slope & ran approx 800 ft. Afternoon warming & ski cut caused slab to release from firm bed surface [FORECASTER COMMENT: This occurred at a closed ski resort where avalanche mitigation is no longer being performed. All terrain at closed resorts must be treated as backcountry terrain.]
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1