Small Skier Triggered Avalanches in Tobacco Roots

Tobacco Root Mountains
Out of Advisory Area
Code
SS-ASu-R1-D1
Elevation
9500
Aspect
N
Latitude
45.52890
Longitude
-112.01800
Notes

From obs: "However, where wind or sun had strengthened the slab this surface layer was reactive, with sluffs entraining significant amounts of snow and one small slab that I managed to trigger. I popped this slab underneath a mild, somewhat cross-loaded convexity on a north face near treeline, and it broke around 30 feet wide, 4-6 inches deep, and ran ~ 300 feet (N, 9500', SS- ASu - R1/D1)."

 

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Skier
Trigger Modifier
u-An unintentional release
R size
1
D size
1
Problem Type
New Snow
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year