Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 137 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 152 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 122 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2896 m
Rider triggered this avalanche from fairly high on the slope as he was turning his sled. He punched it and somehow emerged at the b
The close-call reinforced the obvious need for a cautious approach to riding steep hills this tricky season... The party didn't have much desire to keep climbing big hills after the dragon showed it's teeth....
The avalanche caused a sympathetic release of these two pockets in the North Rodeo Grounds...