Skier triggered wet loose at Fairy Lake

Fairy Lake
Bridger Range
Code
WL-ASu-R1-D1.5
Elevation
9000
Aspect
NE
Latitude
45.90430
Longitude
-110.95800
Notes

From IG message on June 11, 2020: "...Just wanted to let you know, I was up by fairy lake this morning, and the new snow we got earlier this week was very much still a hazard. Skinning up the fairy lake basin was deceptive, because most of the new snow had melted out there and it was just refrozen corn, but most of the S and E aspects of that area slid naturally on the new snow. I also triggered a small point release on a NE solar aspect that ended up entraining a large amount of snow as it went and was again surprising because both my partner and I had felt quite safe on the snow we’d been on throughout our approach. It certainly caught us off guard and we got out of there safely, but was just a good reminder to not get complacent."

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Wet loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Skier
Trigger Modifier
u-An unintentional release
R size
1
D size
1.5
Problem Type
Wet Snow
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year