Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Getting a little too confident in the snow pack I was skiing some lines I only ski a few times a year in spring and triggered this little slide. I did not realize until after I looked over my shoulder a few hundred feet down that the slope had failed. The snow failed on a melt-freeze layer that was formed 1.5 to 2 weeks ago during our last hot high pressure cycle. Notice you can see the two layers of snow in the crown pic, snow from last Thursday and snow from the last 4 days. This terrain rolls, has large rocks on the surface and get's wind scoured or loaded depending on the direction of wind and force. This terrain also slide on Dec. 24th.