Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
I triggered an avalanche on the entrance to Jaws when I stepped on a wind loaded NE facing soft slab on the entry shoulder. 6" deep, the crown propagated down to the cliff ~100 feet below. I was above the release on an opposing (NW) aspect and was neither caught nor carried. If the slab had released while I was in the chute, there's a high likelihood I could have been carried and/or partially buried in there.