Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 6 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
Remotely triggered a small soft slab in upper Scotties while approaching from the ridge. Was peeking into upper Scotties to look at a line, upon approach a shallow soft slab averaging 3-6 inches deep released and ran down onto the first flat below the upper headwall. Very soft with little potential for consequences. It did run a bit further than expected, due to the slick underlying crust. We expected some activity as the top 3-6 inches was mostly wind affected graupel and was pretty sensitive on the skin up. However, expected to release something on a ski cut and triggering it remotely was a little surprising. No doubt you could have worked up the ridge, easily triggering similar slides. We were up there early during the height of instability and I would imagine that most instability has already settled out.