Triggered Avalanche 12/8/2025 local_see
Natural and Human triggered
Whiteface
Date & Time
12/8/2025 alternate_email 8:30 AM
Location
Whiteface
Elevation & Aspect
4800’ / Northeast
Mode of Travel
Skiing/Snowboarding
Red Flags
Recent Avalanches, Shooting Cracks, Drifting Snow / Windloading
Triggered Avalanche
Slab
D1: Relatively harmless to people.
D1 slabs, both natural and skier triggered, in isolated pockets, on lee slopes
Observation Details
~6 inches of low density snow overnight. High West winds throughout the night into morning. Observed wind transport on the skin up the summit ridge. Upon reaching the summit we observed multiple small natural avalanches that happened at some point early this morning. Test slopes showed shooting cracks and larger propagation (~10cm deep, ~40ft across). Snow below ~4200 ft appeared to be less wind affected - mostly dry, loose, unconsolidated snow on top of an ice base.
