Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 8 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 30 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
I was out today skiing some relatively steep trees and set off this little slide. The area is wind sheltered and the snow was not slabby. On my way back up I observed the new snow from last night had slid. This is a really small slide but my take-away was that the new snow had not yet bonded and given a larger slope would be too dangerous to ski or ride. Prior to skiing this line I ski cut steeper terrain which also slid. I did not observe any collapses, cracking nor other avalanches in the area. I was, however; able to get some cracking in heavily wind loaded drifts on the ridge line.