Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 91 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 137 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Repeater
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2835 m
Observer witnessed another snowmobiler trigger the avalanche and manage to not get caught. The slab broke at the rollover where the slope is the steepest. This is the same area where two previous accidents (in past seasons) have occurred including two fatalities and one miraculous recovery from a full and lengthy burial.
The avalanche is a repeater, having avalanched during the pre-Christmas avalanche cycle.