Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Vertical Fall
- 244 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wet Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2835 m
There were a couple of these slow moving wet slides triggered by snowboard and powsurfers on an E facing slope in the afternoon heat. They were slow moving and not very threatening, but did take out a small tree or two. Temps had cooled significantly at the time of the slide (pictured) but the snow was still saturated enough for this point release slide to pick up some steam. The slides were just new snow depth... about 11 inches or so at this elevation.