Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 2 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
While traversing across the base Wolverine Cirque below the scythe towards granny chute I heard a far distant "whump" that actually sounded like a muffled charge going off... Without the echo. I couldn't tell where it was coming from, and within a minute of hearing that noise I saw a slide start approximately 30 feet above me. It was 10:30 A.M. It was a hard slab that broke free about 30 feet across and slid down past me putting me square in the middle of the moving snow. I was actually able to plant myself in place and maintain my position as the hard slab broke around me. It was deeper on the skiers left side of the slide due to wind loading. At it's deepest it was about 8 inches (South side)... At the shallowest about 4 inches (North side). The snow continued past me another 30 to 40 feet and then came to a stop without much trouble.