Incident

Avalanche: Bear Trap

Aaron BlauSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
24 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
30 m
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Northwest
Start Zone Elevation
2926 m

Traversing underneath wind scoured top of the ridge across small but open and steep slope towards the aspect leading to Bear Trap Aspens. Triggered initial avalanche of storm and wind slab that failed on old facets. Propagated across slope and carried me approximately 30 feet. Slide ran about 70 feet into trees.

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1