Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 6 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 3 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 91 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
We rode onto the side of this little slope to test stability in a wind loaded location and, sure enough, we were able to trigger this small but deep avalanche. The fracture occurred about twice as deep as the thickness of slab that released,.