Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 41°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 122 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2865 m
The Snowy Torrents, courtesy of the American Avalanche Association. For further reference information see Appendix E. More information here: https://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/store
Williams, Knox; Logan, Spencer, Walker, Emma, and Reardon, Blase (2017). The Snowy Torrents 1996-2004: Avalanche Accidents in the United States. American Avalanche Association
Incident
- Number Caught
- 5
- Number Killed
- 1
- Number Carried
- 5
- Number Fully Buried
- 2
- Number Partly Buried
- 1