Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 38 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
Went out skiing this morning along the Days Fork ridgeline. We skied a few of the chutes like Jaws and the adjacent lines. Each line had sensitive slabs near the top ranging from 4-12" deep but easily detected and cut prior to skiing the chutes.
On the way back down one of the Emma ridges while on the ridge I skied just a hair into the edge of the gully 1/2 way down from the ridge to the LCC road it cut a 12-14" deep slab about 50' wide which cut the wall of the gully and ran about 125' until stopping in the gully. As predicted and foretasted, cross-loading happened. The snow was heavy and the zipper crust was manageable when we skied it around 9:30am.