Quick report
Skied off the spine of the handrail and the NE aspect has a wind crust layer. The slough from a skiers turn triggered small wind slab which slowly collected more snow as it progressed. Further down the handrail, another wind slab about 12” in height was triggered on a more true North aspect. Both sloughs ran the entire length of Handrail. No one was caught, careful slough management required for the entire route. Some roller balls noted on the NE aspect above the pencil from another group at 10:45am.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 11650 ft
Skied off the spine of the handrail and the NE aspect has a wind crust layer. The slough from a skiers turn triggered small wind slab which slowly collected more snow as it progressed. Further down the handrail, another wind slab about 12” in height was triggered on a more true North aspect. Both sloughs ran the entire length of Handrail. No one was caught, careful slough management required for the entire route.