Avalanche

Avalanche: Toots to Boot

Peter DonnerSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Start Zone Elevation
2804 m

Plan was to tour Yellow Jacket and exit Bowman trees adjacent to Toots. On exit, being careful to stay away from cornice, remotely triggered a small drop and slide north line of Toots at about 2:15pm, first photo, obscured because of wind. Maybe 1 foot deep, 30 feet wide running 150 feet. After taking first photo, descended low angle subridge and cracked out the edge of the run bordered by aspen, second photo. Difficult to see but the crown is two feet, and the slab moved about two feet. Technically two separate avalanches, though both were so small you have a hard time calling them avalanches.