Incident

Avalanche: Scotts Peak

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3018 m

Worker fully buried with no injuries.

Similar time period:

  • Elk Point Provo 10,700' east aspect, debris 5' deep 1000' from summer hiking trail
  • Square Top 9,300' northeast aspect, 37° slope, 2' deep x 700' wide ran 1000' to flats
  • Wolverine 10,000' south aspect, 35° slope 1'-3' deep x 1000' wide ran to the flats. Broke below the skier
  • South and West Monitor, failed near the ground
  • Powder Park 3-northeast aspect 1'-4' deep x 200' wide
  • Scott's and No Name-east aspect, 35° slope, 6"-18" deep x 30'-100' wide failed on surface hoar. Triggered from ridge with cornice fall
  • Toledo- southwest aspect, 33° slope, 6" deep x 30' wide x 100' vertical
  • Reynolds 40' wide
  • Twin Lakes 2' deep
  • 10,420' north aspect, 40° slope, 1'-2' deep x 60' wide x 60' vertical. Skier kicker cornices, wind slab failed on facets
  • Gobblers Knob- 9,800' northwest aspect, 38° slope, 1.5' deep x 200' wide x 1000' vertical. Athey on a snowboard caught and carried, but grabbed a tree. Wind slab failed on facets
  • Caribou Basin-10,000 northeast aspect, 35° slope, 2' deep x 80' wide and ran to flats. Al Soucie

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1
Number Fully Buried
1