Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 34°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 12 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
Wide spread shooting cracks in the Murdock area of Bald Mountain Pass. Most of the cracks were only in the top couple of inches of new snow. Triggered a soft slab in a rocky area 25 feet wide and around 18" deep. This pocket was in a treed area and ran for about 40 feet. The slab ran on facets sitting on an icy layer near the ground.
Total snow depth