Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 30°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 137 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 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
- 2
- Number Carried
- 2
- Number Fully Buried
- 1