Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- Depth Hoar
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 91 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2774 m
Notes from Tom K and Scott B. 3' deep crown made up of wind drifted snow and depth hoar. Slab was triggered 1/2 down the slope breaking above the rider on a 38 ° rollover. Top of bowl is 36° and was still intact when forecasters arrived (hangfire). They elected to not ski slope the day after.
Similar time frame:
- Main Days-northeast aspect 2'-3' deep x 150' wide x 1200'-1500' vertical. Intentional ski cut on wind drifted snow and stepped down to facets
- Dromedary and O'Sullivan- 10,000' northeast aspect
- Mt Superior- 10,300'- south aspect. Wet avalanches reported
- Red Pine- 9,500'- east-northeast- 500'-1000' wide
- Cascade Cirque-10,500'- east aspect- 2'-3' deep x 150' wide. Sloughing out of cliffs triggered deeper avalanche
- Elk Point- 10,000'- east aspect- 2'-3' deep x 150' wide. Sloughing out of cliffs triggered deeper avalanche
- Bountiful Peak- 9,000' - east aspect- 200' wide
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1