Avalanche

Avalanche: Banana Days

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Avalanche

Slab Width
21 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
20 cm
Trigger Detail
Intentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

Partner ski cut the upper portion of Banana Belt and released a medium sized wind slab which propagated most of the width of the line in the picture (wider than the debris pile, which narrowed with the terrain as it went). Intentionally cut, nobody carried, but some energy in the propagation.