Avalanche

Avalanche: Beginner Ridge exit

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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2591 m

This avalanche was likely remote triggered by skiers on a sub-ridge 40' to the east of the avalanche. Actually two avalanches, as an adjacent pocket to the west sympathetically released.