Avalanche

Avalanche: Meadows

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Avalanche

Slab Width
91 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2713 m

This slide sympathetically released above and north of the skier and ran north of her ski track. The slide seemed to break on the new snow/crust interface. It broke on a steep rollover 38-40 degrees and ran 300 yards and crossed the Silverfork road Sorry no photos hard to see through the Aspen.