Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2926 m
Skiers tracks enter mid crown, report was that he was caught and carried into a tree which he held onto as slide moved past
View from entry point. several attempts at kicking cornices were made by the party just above this location on lower angled slopes. This cornice was left alone for some reason or another. While moving to the crown to take this picture a large collapse occured.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1