Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3170 m
While doing routine fieldwork today from the safety of ridgelines, I triggered a fairly good sized avalanche. I was traveling around to see if the snowpack was still capable of collapsing. I got my answer. This is a remote location where no one was in the drainage below me.