Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 183 m
- Weak Layer
- Depth Hoar
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
Tyson and his sled are buried 4' deep just above the UAC sled where Trent is standing.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1
- Number Injured
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
A local snowmobiler and his wife set out for an afternoon of low angle riding. Planning to stick to mellow terrain they left their avalanche rescue gear in the rig. As they pulled up to Hoyt Peak they met another group they knew and started climbing a steep east facing slope. Multiple tracks are on the slope when it breaks above him. Tyson tries to throttle off the slab but got thrown from his machine and held onto the bumper, getting completely buried in a slight depression at the toe of the slide.