2 lb chunk of snow..........not bomb?????

Here's the latest avalanche discussion from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, CAIC, for the Summit County area;

Snow & Avalanche Discussion

"Backcountry snowpack observations read like a Little Shop of Horrors these days. There are layers of depth hoar, layers of facets, some hard crusts, and surface hoar both within and on top of the snowpack. There have also been some human triggered avalanches in the last 24 hours on NE-E aspects. The largest was triggered by a tossed 2 lb chunk of snow. The slide broke about 1' deep and ran about 1000' vertical on an east aspect".

I had to laugh at this one. Most ski patrols use 2 lb explosive charges to set off slides but this slide ran with the guy just throwing a 2 lb chunk of snow.

Also, the observations were funny, sounds just like a typical Colorado snow pack..... "layers of depth hoar, layers of facets, some hard crusts, and surface hoar both within and on top of the snowpack". Welcome to Colorado, right?