Public Observation

Observation Date:

January 6, 2022

Submitted:

January 6, 2022

Zone or Region:

Brundage Out of Bounds

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Sargents

Did you trigger any avalanches?

Yes

Was it intentional?

Yes

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Size:

Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a person

Elevation:

7700

Aspect:

N

Comments:

~6 inch crown, 45-60 ft width, ran ~300 vertical feet.

None reported

Ski cut a repeat offender on the north aspect of Sargents. Top of slope had 6-12 inches of soft wind slab on top of an older wind slab that was pencil to knife hard (pic 1 and 2). We observed other small natural avalanches on a similar aspect (pic 3)