Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 76 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 15 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 91 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2469 m
We came up on a test slope and though, "Why not?" I stepped on the slope and caused a small, 50ft in length, 40ft vertical slide. Given that we had a lot of slope left, I posted up and caught a video of my brother stepping onto the slope. Except this time, the slope propagated 250+ feet, still running about 40ft.
As they say, when you find something interesting, drop everything and study it. So we took a look at the crown and conducted a few tests. Of note, the top 30cm of the crown failed upon isolation 3x. The remaining 60cm failed after 26 taps x 2 during the compression test.
Things are sketchy at best. Be safe out there!
A video of the slope test. Note that we had 2 people standing by keeping an eye on him at all times.
A bit of a crown analysis before my camera died.