Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 5 m
- Weak Layer
- Depth Hoar
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Cornice Fall
- Slab Thickness
- 38 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Cornice
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
Noticed this in South Monitor today. We were in the area late yesterday afternoon and we're pretty certain it was not there. Thinking the howling west winds formed a cornice that dropped overnight. It gouged into rotten snow below 5-6 inches of our latest storm and went to the ground.