Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3139 m
Patroller caught and carried. Rode to the bottom, no injuries and not buried.
Similar time frame:
- Little Cottonwood- north-east aspects-4' deep x 300' wide x 500' vertical
- Little Cottonwood- west aspect- 18"-24" deep. One skier caught and carried
- Silver Fork- east-northeast aspect- 18" deep x 30' wide x 700' vertical failed on depth hoar or maybe some sort of recrystalized facet (skier lost gear)
- Alexander Basin- east-northeast aspect-4"-6" deep x 20' wide x 300' vertical. Cornice triggered
- Pfeifferhorn- east aspect- 2'-5' deep x 50' wide broke 30' below the summer hiking trail. Depth hoar
- East Face of Reynolds- ran 700' vertical feet failing on depth hoar
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1