Quick report
- Cracking
- specific
- Collapsing
- specific
We observed whoomphing under our skis on the ridge of avalanche bowl. Snow felt unstable as we dropped in, cracking under us. We ski cut across wind slabs to get to lower angle terrain. During our ski cut, we triggered the avalanche. The avalanche that occurred was roughly 100 feet wide and 4 feet deep.
Weather
- Air Temp
- 17
- Cloud Cover
- overcast
- Wind Loading
- moderate
Cloudy day with decent visibility.
Avalanche
- Size
- D2 R2
- Type
- HS
- Aspect
- NE
- Trigger
- AS
- Elevation
- 9000 ft
The avalanche was human triggered while skiing avalanche bowl. We ski cut across slab to get to lower angle terrain. During the ski cut, the avalanche occurred.