Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 15 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2286 m
Travelling through Walker-Webster Gulch above Daly Canyon today we were experiencing widespread cracking and collapsing with cracks propagating up to 100'. The slab was only fist to 4 finger hard but it was sitting on 2-3mm facets above a crust (presumably from the early November rain event at that elevation). This made for an adequate sliding surface for this relatively soft slab to run on given a steep enough slope.
This terrain is somewhat complicated and sits above a deep gully that could easily pile up debris and even a small avalanche would be capable of burying a person under an immense amount of snow.