Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 213 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 183 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 91 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2713 m
Triggered by three snowmobiles. No one caught (i.e. all were 30 yards south of the break when it happened and they rode out
The avalanche dumped a huge amount of snow into a debris pile at the bottom of the bowl that you could have fit several football fields into.... I'm glad no one was caught in this thing!
The broad crown stretches out of the photo on either side. You can see where the avalanche stepped into depth hoar on the ground in the middle of the avalanche....