Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 38 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 244 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2591 m
Stormy conditions. Party of two. Steady build up of dense moist snow. Collapsing in areas of shrub and sage that have mostly melted in past few days. Broke out on a north facing slope at a 35-40 roll over. Some wind deposit likely. First run was on skier's right margin of the slope w/ safety exit into trees. No collapsing. No fractures. Noticed horizontal fracturing on up track on shoulder above another steeper north facing slope. On second run the first skier moved skier's left of first tracks, triggered the slope and was carried prehaps 80 feet. Was caught by a small aspen. No injuries, no equipment breakage. Lucky man. Was unsafe to examine the crown but it appeared to be mostly new snow. No obviuos bed surface. Pictures available but not my camera.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1