Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 14 m
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
Small avalanche on hwy 153 a seasonal road in the Tushar range. Snowmobiler was trying to cool off his sled by getting in some deeper snow and side hill it for a minute. triggering the slide it was about 40' wide, slid 20' and the slab was about 12"-16" at the top.
Conditions were overcast with a crust layer from recent warming.