Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 12 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 18 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 25 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
My party triggered 5 small pockets throughout the morning. These were small crossloaded terrain features from the southeast wind event. It was easy to spot these and place ski cuts to get them to release. One was triggered while breaking a skin track in an obvious pillow. These were pretty much harmless if you were aware of their presence.
We also viewed two naturals occur which ran a few hundred feet vertical during the wind loading. These ran far enough and picked up enough snow to knock a person over.