Avalanche: Flanagans

The first member in a group three initiated the slide on his third turn. The soft slab broke near the cliff face, well above the descending snowboarder, and caught up to him as he was turning out of the slide path and into the trees, knocking him off of his feet and pressing him into a small pine tree. The toe of the debris was between 2-3' deep. We did a beacon search to determine that no one else was involved(we did not see or hear anyone in the area, but the debris covered a previous groups tracks) and alerted Solitude Ski Patrol of the incident after exiting Silver Fork.