Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 305 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
Incident
- Number Caught
- 11
- Number Carried
- 11
- Number Injured
- 2
- Number Fully Buried
- 3
- Number Partly Buried
- 5
“The Snowy Torrents are like the Deep Sea: They seldom return their victims alive”
Narrative provided by The Snowy Torrents, courtesy of the American Avalanche Association. More information here: https://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/store
Williams, Knox (1975). The Snowy Torrents 1967-1971: Avalanche Accidents in the United States. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station