Incident

Avalanche: Lone Pine

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2896 m

Coming down on the run where Stone Crush and Lone Pine meet, side wall of gully slid and carried skier, buried up to waist. Slab activity with new snow on steep aspects.

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1
Number Partly Buried
1