Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 152 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Vertical Fall
- 244 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 91 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3200 m
This large, remotely triggered hard slab avalanche was initiated from the ridge in a shallow portion of the snowpack on a heavily wind loaded north facing slope at about 10,500' in elevation.
The arrows in this picture show how shooting cracks are a huge indicator to unstable snow. As the crack shoots out, it rapidly propagates to the other side of the bowl.
All of this occurred rather rapidly, but Johnny Adolphson's steady hand captures the event.
The slide ran well into the flats, stacking up a huge pile of body crushing debris. This avalanche helps exemplify what we've been talking about the past few days. Tricky avalanche conditions exist! While avalanches may be getting harder to trigger, the consequences are devastating.