Public Observation

Observation Date:

December 4, 2022

Submitted:

December 4, 2022

Zone or Region:

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Might have been G-spot

Did you trigger any avalanches?

Yes

Was it intentional?

No

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Size:

Size 1: Relatively harmless to people

Elevation:

5800

Aspect:

E

Comments:

Made a short turn on top of an unsupported pillow feature and broke off an 8'x10' soft slab. Slab was ~50cm thick and stopped right below the pillow. HS was ~70cm on pillow and ~110cm right next to pillow The slab was not dangerous at this size but felt representative of the avalanche problem that we most likely would have encountered in steeper terrain. We kept our terrain choice to the low 30°s and under as we triggered a lot of collapses that were not radiating very from the trigger point (~10').

Photo:

None reported

We kept our terrain choice to the low 30°s and under as we triggered a lot of collapses that were not radiating very from the trigger point (~10'). Cold at 10:30am by the creek. Snow started light around 1pm and by 3:30 it was probably S2-3. Accumulation was maybe 3-4cm by the time we left at 3:30pm