Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 3 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Vertical Fall
- 46 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Dropped into a chute on Banana Belt and quickly triggered a small slab that broke right behind me. Carried me about 15 feet before I stopped and then it continued to run out for about 150 more feet. I was the third skier in our group to drop into the chute but I cut a little higher than the first two in order to avoid their tracks. The rest of the way down our group triggered other smaller slides. The snow was heavy and wind packed in all the elevations above 8500 feet.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1