Avalanche

Avalanche: Alexander Basin

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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
183 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Trigger Detail
Cornice Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
2896 m

Kicking cornices along Alexander Basin ridgeline before considering dropping in so to ski out Alexander. Very small cornice kick above intended line onto steep terrain pulled out 20 cm soft slab that propagated widely. As there was some hangfire, I chose not to venture out onto the bed surface very far, yet in the starting zone the weak layer was the new snow/old snow interface. SS-ASc-R3-D2