Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 107 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 41 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2713 m
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 1
Not really an accident, but a CLOSE CALL: A rider was caught, carried, and partially buried in a small avalanche of wind drifted snow while riding on a steep slope near the warming hut in Providence Canyon. Looks like everything turned out alright...