Westridge

skier triggered soft storm slab while trying to safely skirt trees while skiing 1 at a time with spotter adjacent to open slope, failure propagated 20m R into SZ, broke apart into loose snow and ran into open trees below on smooth bed surface of denser 1F snow below with some faceting at interface. Skier stayed upright and skied to safety. Group finished run in trees and lower track below, debrief followed and proceeded to return to observe site, conduct test profile and then ski in the trees