Quick report
When making first cut into the lower gullies, a wind slab broke about a foot deep and 50ft wide, cleaning out the gully and running a few hundred feet. No noticeable instability on suppounding slopes. Snow density changed while descending the slope into the cliffy area, small gullies were cross loaded and broke when entering.
Weather
- Cloud Cover
- broken
- Wind Loading
- moderate
- Snow Avail For Transport
- moderate amounts
Partly cloudy with intermittent snowfall all day and light wind.
Avalanche
- Size
- D1.5 R2
- Type
- SS
- Aspect
- SE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 6025 ft
Skier-triggered slab composed of wind-drifted snow