Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 12 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 15 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Intentionally Triggered
- Avalanche Problem
- Cornice
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
Prior to the avalanche, propagating cracks in the wind-drifted new snow along the ridge were easy to generate. Cornice released in a soft slab and carried into the trees below.