Incident

Avalanche: Dutch Draw

AGSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
5 m
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
10 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Was just getting to the top of silver with a friend when we saw a party preparing to drop towards park city despite active wet slab conditions including many rollerballs. Skier 1 in the party drops and triggered a small slow wet slide off of a wind lip which then caught and carried the skier 10 feet or so. Thankfully this one did not break bigger and thankfully did not trigger the larger cornice above. Skier 2 ski cut and did not trigger any additional slides but continued to ride the same aspect down.

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1