Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 42°
Avalanche
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 457 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 122 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Cornice
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3292 m
“The Snowy Torrents are like the Deep Sea: They seldom return their victims alive”
Narrative provided by The Snowy Torrents, courtesy of the American Avalanche Association. More information here: https://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/store
Williams, Knox (1975). The Snowy Torrents 1967-1971: Avalanche Accidents in the United States. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Incident
- Number Caught
- 7
- Number Carried
- 4
- Number Injured
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 3
Ski patrollers and Snow Rangers were above the Ballroom working on cornice mitigation when the cornice they were working on broke before the explosives went off.