Surface hoar in the Esplanade

Avalanche

jonasphoke · Jan 14, 2021 · Esplanade

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Avalanche

A ski cut at the top of our run easily triggered the freshly buried surface hoar. We were skiing an untouched finger that led into a larger avalanche path, all other start zones that fed the same path had already run, otherwise this avalanche would’ve been bigger.