Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
My group of 3 were skinning up between Sheep Shit Ridge and Little Water peak from the Mill D side. We got close to the ridge in a spot where we could see there was only a small cornice and remotely triggered the slope on the north side of the ridge. It was several hundred feet wide and various depths. Not sure how steep the slope was where it started, maybe 35 degrees, and not sure how far it ran. The slide disappeared into the trees a little below the ridge. In the photo below you can see where our skin track is and the crack shooting away from the ridge to the crown. I was surprised by how wide it propagated and that it was triggered by the second person in our group not the first to stand on that spot.