Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2713 m
After a few hundred feet of skiing down stairs gulch 3 people one at a time. We met at a safe spot and I skied the next zone. While skiing down there was a choke with a cliff band above it. I skied into the choke and the snow cracked at my feet and propagated up to the cliff band. The snow carried me over a 15 ft icefall and dropped me into the snowfield below. The snow was over my head a few times but I was able to get back to the top before it settled. Minor injuries occurred but I was able to self extricate.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1
- Number Injured
- 1