Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 381 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 33 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2926 m
Shooting cracks and collapsing had occurred in several locations prior to triggering this slide so our guard was up.
While skinning on the ridge proper, we triggered this slide skinning above a wind loaded area. It started as a shooting crack across the width of the area that slide and was accompanied by a large settlement. The snow shifted, hung up momentarily then quickly gathered momentum and flushed the full run of the slide path.
The weak layer appeared to be the new/old snow interface from the 1/6 storm.