Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
I traveled primarily on E/SE aspects. The snow line was about 8,400' all day. New snow accumulations totaled about 2cm during the day. Skiing produced sluff on the interface between the new snow and the sun crust. Storm slab widespread on east aspects about 6-8cm thick
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- light
- Recent Snowfall
- 10cm
Avalanche
- Size
- D1 R1
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- E
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 9700 ft
Skier triggered storm slab avalanche on a weak spot above a cliff band in the chutes skiers left of 25 Short. Skier sluff entrained enough snow to step down 10cm to the sun crust underneath the new storm slab.