Avalanche

Avalanche: Wolverine Peak

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Avalanche

Slab Width
12 m
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
West
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3200 m

Snowboarder triggered a wind slab pocket at the top of one of the west facing chutes off of Mt. Wolverine. Most of the wind slabbing we observed hiking around were shallow and fairly bonded. This pocket below some small trees broke easily and much deeper than we expected. Rider was far down slope by the time snow started moving.