Questions about the 2019 Snow Slab Theory
The report couldn’t explain, scientifically, how an avalanche could happen without leaving any evidence around the tent site. They dug into the snow on the side of a slope. The angle of the slope wasn’t steep enough to trigger an avalanche. Additionally, the hole the Dyatlov group dug for the tent had been created at least nine hours before the supposed avalanche. If the snow were unstable, it would have collapsed soon after it was dug out, not nine hours late. Nor was there any reported snowfall in the area. Snowfall could have added weight to the snow on the top of the slope and cause an avalanche. Nor did the footprints around the tent indicate a panicked, rapid exit, possibly assisting injured friends. But the 2019 findings inspired the next avalanche theory.