Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2713 m
Our group observed signs of recent avalanche activity mainly on the north-facing walls of all five memorial couloirs on Sunday. We saw both shallow cracking from the new snow as well as debris from slides that may have occurred during the overnight hours.
We did a ski cut at the top of memorial #1 which easily triggered the pictured avalanche, 8" at the deepest part of the crown and ~25' wide. Failing on new snow/old snow interface.