Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 533 m
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Skiers unintentionally triggered a slab avalanche from above the cliffs on Catcher's Mitt, which is on the east side of Kessler Peak. No one was caught in the avalanche. It broke at someone's skis. The slab broke out wider as it descended below cliffs and ran to neat the bottom of the drainage. It appeared to be running on a layer of faceted snow beneath the new snow.