Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 51 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
Triggered with cornice drop after causing adjacent and less-steep slope to collapse with a ski cut but no real result.
Failed at new/old layer on low-density rounds/graupel above the crust. Entrained a significant amount of new snow and ran about 350', D1.