Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 5 m
- Weak Layer
- Graupel
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Dry Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
Not a major incident but worth pointing out for the rotted nature of the surface snow on north aspcts. A good indicator that this snow will not be able to withstand much, if any, of a load during the next storm cycle.
Sluffalanche moved faster and further than expected. I had to skii out of the way after i noticed that it was moving faster than me and starting to take the tails of my skis down hill faster than I was skiing, which was slow due to the thin cover.
Debris pile was only 1-1.5' deep not enough to bury but enough that it could knock someone over.
4th run of the day in this area, 1st three runs were on a 35 deg. slope without incident., the 4th was a bit steeper (38-40 deg. or so).
Ran until the slope angle lessened to about 30 deg.