Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 11 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 305 m
- Avalanche Type
- Dry Loose
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
This refers to the looker's right avalanche.
We received the following message from the party involved:
Crust was easy to find both on uphill when setting skinner (which should have been a warning sign) and downhill turns. After 6 turns down the face skier's left of Toledo Chute, I sheared completely down to the rain crust and was forced to take a seat. At that point, I did not know there was sluff following me. I struggled to edge into the crust and stand up and continue skiing for 2 seconds before being caught by the sluff which had now entrained a sizable amount of snow. I was carried for about 150-200 feet and dropped off right above the trees scattered above a cliff band. Grateful to not be swept over.
They also sent us this photo:
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1