Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 107 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 122 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Only partial burials of riders, everyone was fine and able to ride out. The "wave" was big, tossing the snowmobilers at the bottom of the slope approximately 20 feet into the air.
Forecaster note-
Ted and I visited visited this site Sunday Jan 31st and this piece of snow was packing some punch!
I updated dimensions and trying to contact riders to get a full summary of where sledders were located when they triggered the slide.
A few images from Calvin Cawley who also rolled through the site on Saturday.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 4
- Number Carried
- 4
- Number Partly Buried
- 4