Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 183 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2713 m
Incident
- Number Caught
- 2
- Number Killed
- 2
- Number Carried
- 2
- Number Fully Buried
- 2
Two snowmobilers caught, fully buried, and killed. The two riders had separated from others in their group when they triggered a massive avalanche. Searchers found one body the day of the avalanche and second nine days later, buried under 15' of debris. Read the full accident report HERE.
“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
Logan, Spencer, Reardon, Blase, Walker, Emma, Long McKenzie (2022). The Snowy Torrents: Avalanche Accidents in the United States 1986-1996. American Avalanche Association