Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Jaime PollitteObservation Date:
January 2, 2022Submitted:
January 3, 2022Zone or Region:
Stevens PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
YodelinTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
3800Aspect:
SEComments:
8cm soft slab remote trigger from the skin track.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
This was a storm slab that developed in the afternoon on Sunday January 2 at 3:45pm. The slab was harmless -D1 but was remotely triggered while skiing out the skin track near the Yodelin parking area.
Photo 1 soft slab
Photo 2 Surface Hoar on the similar slope and aspect one day before.
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