Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 6 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3170 m
No surprise, with a stomp at the top, the wind-loaded new snow went to the new-old snow interface, at a 40 degree
angle in the starting zone, and ran about 200'. Everything stayed put with just a little lower angle.