Like many other areas across the state, a slab 2-5ft deep sits above 20-40cm of weak sugary, faceted snow, that once triggered can produce large and dangerous avalanches. This was formed by early preseason snow that sat around and rotted, then as the winter switch turned on the slab formed, all the recipe is missing right now is a trigger, and that is usually us. Although they are becoming harder to trigger, the consequences remain the same if we do.