Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 24 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2743 m
FORECASTER COMMENTS: Snowmobile triggered avalanche on a small terrain feature in the trees. This involved the newest layer of snow which was 10 to 12" deep. All of the other avalanches I saw from this last storm were in areas exposed to the wind. This is not exactly a location that I would have pegged for an avalanche to release since it's not really in exposed terrain but rather down in the canyon farther amongst trees.