Avalanche
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 15 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Observed widespread cracking while ascending the ridge towards Patsy and with strong winds loading the slope above us, decided to change plans and ski a low angle, manageable ramp towards twin lakes. Slope cut produced the first avalanche and we skied the bed surface. As we descended the low angle pitch, the slope above remote triggered north towards twin lakes and we watched it propagate in pockets down the ridge from a safe distance. We chose our descent route carefully on non-connected slopes but the snow was fracturing even on 10° rolls and was some of the most connected I've seen. We remote triggered adjacent steeper slopes from ~100 feet away. takeaways: hair trigger, sneeze and it will fracture, would have been scary with more new snow.