Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 39°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Weak Layer
- Graupel
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 9 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 51 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- East
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2896 m
A party of two skiers was beginning to approach a 50' tall moraine with wind slab/ sastrugi surface characteristics. The party was well spaced and suspicious of the slope. Skier 1 approached the slope and it immediately failed. The skier was carried six feet. He was knocked off of his feet and a ski pole was swallowed up at the hard slab/ bed surface interface. Skier two was out of reach of the slide. This event caused the party to change course and exit Hogum Fork rather that temp fate any further. This was successful. No injuries were sustained.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1