Avalanche

Avalanche: Cold Fusion

Mike MProvo
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Avalanche

Slab Width
6 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3078 m

At around 10k feet on the way up cold fusion (skinning up ridge/trees looker's right of the line) we pulled out numerous small wind slabs. They were not quite deep enough to carry a person and were not particularly energetic, but at least one of them pulled out 15' above me. After seeing the activity we decided to ski down from that point. On the way down cold fusion we pulled out a couple even shallower wind slabs (4" maybe) and some long running sluffs.