Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 45°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 21 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3231 m
Skied over a steep west facing roll and triggered a small avalanche. The slope angle at crown is 45 degrees, but the slope angle quickly mellows out. The avalanche was very slow moving and I was able to ski out well ahead of it. The slab was fist to four finger on top of buried facets. The way this slide broke out is a good illustration of the distribution of the weak layer. You can see how it follows the shadows and the crown propagated to the skiers left into the shade of the large trees. The sunny slope to the lookers left was unreactive. This slope is between Gold Miners and Showoff on the ski out of Gold Basin.