Avalanche: Mill B South

We were traveling just under the ridge on the Mill B South side between Room of Doom and Santiago slightly before noon. The third skier was traversing across a small open slope when the snow broke under his feet. He was carried about 15 feet but was able to self arrest by grabbing a tree. The slide triggered adjacent slopes all the way down the ridge. Shortly before this, a large cornice had fallen into the Mineral Fork side of the ridge but did not trigger a slide.

It appears the slide failed on the interface between the most recent storm's snow and the crust that developed during the warm temps we had late last week.

Thanks also to Brett and Patrick who supplied photos for this ob.