Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 6 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 38 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
Directly above cat track leading to lift. Cat track was packed and had seen a lot of traffic both skiers/riders and snow cats. I stopped to look at a snow pit dug earlier that was about 5' above the packed trail. I stuck my pole in the snow about a foot above the pit to isolate a column and remotely triggered the slide 100' away. cracks ran from the pit to the slide.It also may be possible but not very likely that it was triggered from folks walking on the ridge top 300' vertical above.
Pit was dug by Evelyn Lees approximately 20 minutes earlier. I guess I found the "sweet spot"