Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 33°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- Graupel
- Trigger Type
- Hiker
- Vertical Fall
- 457 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 10 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2469 m
Incident
- Number Caught
- 2
- Number Killed
- 2
- Number Carried
- 2
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 1
“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