Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Cornice Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3078 m
This was a skier cornice triggered avalanche that failed 1'-2' deep x 300' wide running 300' vertical. There is a note that there may have been a layer of buried surface hoar or near-surface facets underneath the newest snow.