Quick report
- Cracking
- isolated
Skied slope at 1330. Did not observed cracking or collapsing. Skied well. Precip was becoming heavier at this time and temps were noticeably warming. Did not observe much for wind transported snow. Skinner at top of run had about 1.5" of new over the course of the hour from us skiing the slope and skinning back up. Second run was maybe 15 yards away from first run, same aspect and pitch. Skier triggered slab avalanche. Sudden planar, propagating 15' on either side of skier. Ran 100 yards + While traversing over to a lower angle pitch, skier triggered two more with similar characteristics. Crown height at ~10" Slab ran on 2/7 MF Crust
Avalanche
- Size
- D1
- Aspect
- W
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 6894 ft
Skied slope at 1330. Did not observed cracking or collapsing. Skied well, boot top creamy pow. Precip was becoming heavier at this time and temps were noticeably warming throughout the day. Did not observe much for wind transported snow. Skinner at top of run had about 1.5" of new over the course of the hour from us skiing the slope and skinning back up. Second run was maybe 15 yards away from first run, same aspect and pitch. Skier triggered slab avalanche. Sudden planar, propagating 15' on either side of skier. While traversing over to a lower angle pitch, skier trigger two more with similar characteristics. Crown height at ~10"