Avalanche

4 pines, Drew's slide

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Quick report

Cracking
isolated
Collapsing
isolated

The avalanche ran full path Drew's slide from the remote trigger right off top of 4 pines bootpack. Walked to inspect slide path, felt collapse, heard whoomph, then heard and whitnessed avalanche. Searched debris field with nearby party. 6 people searched debris no signal found. remote trigger from low angle non avalanche terrain above slope

Weather

Air Temp
30
Cloud Cover
scattered
Wind Loading
moderate
Recent Snowfall
45

Stormy weather breaking, scattered clouds, light winds, warming temps

Snowpack

wind-loaded slope, warming temperatures, persistent weak layer

Avalanche

remote triggered wind slab, stepped down to pwl ran full path