Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- Wet grains
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 1067 m
- Avalanche Type
- Wet Slab
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Wet Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 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
- 3
- Number Carried
- 3