Avalanche: Cascade Ridge
Observer Name: 
Logan Cookler - WPG
Observation Date: 
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Occurrence Date: 
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Occurence Time: 
1:00pm

Region:

  • Cascade Ridge
Location Name or Route: 
Foreplay Run
Elevation: 
8700
Aspect: 
West
Slope Angle: 
40
Trigger: 
Skier
Trigger: additional info: 
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem: 
Storm Slab
Weak Layer: 
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth: 
12"
Width: 
30
Vertical: 
200
Comments: 
Small 12"x30'x200' soft slab triggered with a ski cut. Very manageable, ran on old melt freeze crust in old snow/new snow interface. Slope had been in the sun for 3+ hours at the time. Only soft slab result with multiple ski cuts all day in the zone.
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