Avalanche: Bald Mountain

One of those observations that are not easy to submit, but a real good learning experience this afternoon. I triggered this small pocket while skiing down a north facing slope on Bald Mt. I knew the area had a shallow snow pack this year and was thinking to myself that normally the area should be more filled in than it is, but I lost sight of the conditions and was focused on the skiing. Fortunatley, the terrain lost slope angle fairly quickly and the avalanche did not get going very fast which allowed me to get off to the side without problem. It was the classic heard and felt the collapse, watched the slope buckle and knew I was in the wrong place.