Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 213 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2804 m
Found out about the avalanche from Brandon Dodge, snowsafety at Brighton. Gave us a call in the UDOT office at 3:00, and it sounded
Looking back up. NW facing at 9,300'. Loaded by S,SW winds. Whole ridge went, everything in the picture and the same again of what you see to the lookers right.
From where the burial hole was it seems unlikely that they didn't get drug through these trees, far right flank of slide. Most of the energy and debris staying left. Burial hole just below, 20-30'.
Burial hole. It looked like the beacon search was done on foot, post holeing. Then a drag down to the rescuers.