Incident

Avalanche: Whites Canyon

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Avalanche

Slab Width
152 m
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Trigger Type
Snow Bike
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2743 m

This avalanche appears to have failed on a buried persistent weak layer of surface hoar, buried on 3/13/19....

Incident

Number Caught
2
Number Carried
2
Number Partly Buried
2