Incident

Avalanche: Snowbasin Backcountry

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Avalanche

Trigger Type
Skier
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Slab Thickness
13 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Start Zone Elevation
1676 m

Tracks from two days before were almost completely covered by wind drifts. Seemed to be new snow over a crusty layer of windblown snow. Anything off the right side of Snowbasin could be unsafe is my guess. Avalanche was small and not very deep, but still sloughed very easily.

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1
Number Partly Buried
1