Incidente

Avalanche: Upper Little West Fork

Craig Gordon... third party report relayed through Tyler St. JeorUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
38 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3109 m

Tyler is helping me sift through details... but a very experienced rider got surprised yesterday, triggering a connected piece of snow on a steep wind drifted slope in the wind zone.

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1