Avalanche

Avalanche: PC Iron Mountain

John ClimacoSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
26°

Avalanche

Slab Width
8 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
2652 m

I triggered a small sluff/side on the E/SE aspect of iron mt at 8500'. I'd noticed sluffing during the skin but nothing alarming. A hard turn released the slide which I did not feel or observe at the time as I fortunately skied away from its path. When I returned to my skin track I found a section of it in the trees buried to a dept of roughly 4'. It ran on the hard snow layer and probably could have caught me had I happened to turn into it.