Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 14 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 15 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
Traversing across the top of a small hill... a wind slab, from overnight and daytime southerly winds, was triggered and one skier was caught and carried about 50 ft. Fortunately the terrain was ultra low consequence as the hill was very small and no terrain features.
Incident
- Number Carried
- 1