Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3200 m
Observed a handful of natural slides in the area that likely slid during the storm, mostly point releasing beneath rocks. After successfully skiing the trees on the same ridge line with no other signs of instability we headed to the main chutes of Saturn Cirque. First skier dropped onto a aprox. 30' wide path that had slid during the storm, skiing it successfully. I dropped in next to the skier's right onto an area that had not slid and a little closer to some rocks. Two turns in, I saw the snow release in front of me and quickly skied out to my left and to the bottom. The soft slab I triggered released just below some rocks about 30' wide and about 8" deep, running about 200'.