Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 24 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Small pocket that released toward the end of the storm.
We were skiing in the lower angle terrain adjacent to the small avalanche and came across these stress cracks where the weak layer collapsed and caused the snow surface to "spiderweb". The slope is not steep enough to avalanche though.