Avalanche

Avalanche: Cutler Ridge

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Avalanche

Slab Width
11 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
10 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2377 m

We were seeing cracking throughout the new storm snow. Stepping out around a more wind exposed section of ridge line, we remotely triggered a denser wind slab and were surprised by how easily the initial slab propagated down the slope to create a lager avalanche than expected. Today's forecast was spot-on to the conditions we experienced throughout the morning.