Avalanche: Albion Chutes

First skier's second turn intiated the collapse of a small pocket of wind loaded snow in the steepest part the roll over at the top of the chute. The drifting was from the NW winds from the day before. It broke out slow but entertained loose snow on its way down. The slide ran on the old hard snow surface past and buried the mid line traverse below Albion Chutes in 2' of snow. The energy in the snow looked like it would have entertained more snow and ran farther if the slope angle had not mellowed considerably.