Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 18 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2499 m
Our group of 4 experienced riders with avalanche gear we're playing in the trees around 8000-8400ft. Coming up out of the trees I came to a short steep slope. As I got toward the top, the crown broke 15-18" deep in the middle (shallower on a high side) and slid out from underneath me. I slid down about 10 feet with the overturned sled above me, until the handlebar stabbed into the hard base underneath and stopped. The slope broke 60-80ft wide with shooting cracks out from there, the debris slid 30-40ft down to the trees I just came out of and stopped. I was not buried, and did not deploy my airbag. I was the only one on the slope. The other riders were close by and 1 helped correct the overturned sled and exited through the trees below.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1