Avalanche

Avalanche: West Monitor

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Quick report

Slope Angle
36°

Avalanche

Slab Width
24 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

I remotely triggered this avalanche in West Monitor a little after 1pm, I was walking up the ridgeline felt a collapse and watched a cornice release into the bowl triggering this fairly large avalanche. I put persistent weak layer because I’m fairly sure it broke into old snow by the size of the debris pile, some snapped trees and a big powder cloud. The slope has avalanched multiple times this year and was being heavily wind loaded throughout the day, I would classify it as a repeater. The crown was 2ft at its deepest point and the debris had more of the characteristics of a hard slab than a soft slab. It ran full track and quite a ways out on the flats.