Avalanche: Summit

Location: Manitoba Normal Route

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Route & General Observations

Normal route up mining road past hut and beyond…

Avalanche Details
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Trigger SkierRemote Trigger0
Avalanche Type Soft SlabAspect West Northwest
Elevation 3500ftSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidth 150ft
Vertical Run 600ft  
Avalanche Details

Met Matthew coming down, said he had encountered multiple shooting cracks and had remotely triggered a slide just down from the summit at the top of the upper bowl. From his tracks it appears he was about 50' away.

Red Flags
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Obvious signs of instability
Recent Avalanches?Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?No
Weather & Snow Characteristics
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Weather

Mixed clouds with a few blue windows.Temp 26-30

Snow surface

5 inches of snow at highway, almost all new. 8-10" at the end of the mining road, 18-20" snowpack at treeline at bottom of the ridge. Did not dig a pit up high but my pole says 24"+ up higher. Above treeeline there was a consisted 8" of fresh snow over a variable soft slab. A small amount of wind transport evident up high and a little wind affect to the snow. Kicked off some little slabs along the upper ridge that ran much farther than expected. Skied down near the uptrack in wonderful ego snow with no worries. Good times.