Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 38 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- West
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2987 m
This avalanche broke after the second skier had made three turns adjacent to tracks from the first skier. The avalanche broke above the second skier who was carried and stopped in small trees near top of debris. The second skier lost a ski and poles. No injury.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 1