Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 76 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 41 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3078 m
1/3 of the entry part to the Chute released naturally due to a combination of upslope and cross slope loading during the winds overnight on the 28th into the 1st. It appeared that facets were involved as a weak layer at the interface to the old snow new snow interface. Old rutted tracks were observable below the crown face. Debris was almost completely blown in from intense overnight WNW winds.
It also appeared that Pagen Shoulder went during the storm, and the debris on these trees is evidence.
Crown in Pagen Chute