Incident

Avalanche: Mary Ellen Gulch

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Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
152 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Snowmoibler triggered wind slab and was buried to waist - damaged sled.

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1
Number Partly Buried
1