Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 6 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Slab Thickness
- 5 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2621 m
Experienced rapid warming today. It got surprisingly hot and fast. Made an unwise decision to ski a steep solar aspect in Rocky Basin. Of course, they call it that for a reason. There are lots of rocks that contribute to the heating of the snow. Anyhow, the top few inches slid on a very hard layer of snow. I wish I could be more analytical than that, but I really just don't know what else to say. No many minutes afterward, a wet-slide of similar size and length naturaled right next to it.
I do have a video of the avalanche occurring, but it won't be uploaded for another hour. It is the latest video published at...
https://www.youtube.com/@spencerparkin3991/videos
...called "Close Call in Rocky Basin."