Avalanche: Girdwood

Toured up Max’s via normal skin route. Assesed snow conditions on the way up and decided normal skin route was safe to ascend. Tested snowpack and as a group decided to ski a conservative line. Fourth skier triggered a slab at the top of Max’s. Slow moving soft avalanche ran out the length of avalanche path. Everyone was safe. Wind effect from the night before on top of max s resulted in the slab. Only the top part of max s was wind effected resulting in a poor judgement.