Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | Yes |
Avalanche Type | Hard Slab | Aspect | Unknown |
Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | 35deg |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | 100ft |
Vertical Run | 300ft |
Headed up the Dome for an afternoon tour after the winds died down to look at the damage. Near the top of the Dome gully, I poked my skis onto a wind slab on a relatively gentle slope–the entire shoulder collapsed, and a slab released about 50’ away on a steeper section of the wind lip. No surprise that the conditions were touchy, but I was surprised by how far the slide ran.
Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | Yes |
Avalanche Type | Hard Slab | Aspect | Unknown |
Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | 35deg |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | 100ft |
Vertical Run | 300ft |
Remote trigger from above.
Recent Avalanches? | No |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Sustained winds in the front range until mid-afternoon, plenty of evidence of cross-loading in mid to upper elevations.