Avalanche

Avalanche: Superior

W. Noel StewartSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
38°

Avalanche

Slab Width
46 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
41 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2957 m

Party of one coming down Superior at about 4:15 pm broke soft slab, possibly a wind slab? It broke all the way across the ski cut. It was a relatively steep area in the gulch. It started slowly but then broke deeper and ran quite a distance breaking out some large chunks. Of course anything that breaks on on Superior is going to run 500 ft. The rest of the mountain all the way down was good. A little crust in a few places, maybe where it will have some propensity to break and run?