Avalanche

Avalanche: Cardiff Pass

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Quick report

Slope Angle
30°

Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2865 m

ski cutting along our test slope we were able to get an initial RT failure just a few inches deep, but 200 feet wide within the storm snow well below me. when I skied above the crown to clean out the hangfire, a was able to get another failure which cleaned out the crown and broke back along the sub-ridge. This ran on low density stellars just above yesterdays week thermal crust. Crown depth at photo is close to 30" in a wind pillow; overall I'd have to say depth averaged a 12-18".