Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- Wet grains
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 91 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- South
- Avalanche Problem
- Wet Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2682 m
Incident
- Number Caught
- 2
- Number Killed
- 1
- Number Carried
- 2
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 1
Below is a narrative of the accident from The Snowy Torrents; Avalanche Accidents in the United States 1972-1979, Knox Williams and Betsy Armstrong.