Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 76 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
Photo 1- Bed surface made up of crust facet interface 64cm from the surface
Photo 2- Decomposing faceted stellars on bed surface
This avalanche occurred above the summer road very close to the uphill skin track into Grizzly Gulch.
If you trigger or see an avalanche adjacent to the road or one of the ski areas and are sure no one was caught in the avalanche, call the nearest mountain dispatch and alert them to the situation, this will allow search and rescue teams to stand down, preventing them from being subjected to unnecessary hazard.
What to do if you see or trigger an avalanche - get more information HERE.