Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 12 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Slab Thickness
- 36 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Skier triggered windslab while traversing off the ridge into the top of Cardiff Bowl. The slab broke above and around the skier, who was carried half way down the bowl before coming to a stop. Debris ran to the trees. Thankfully no injuries but one lost ski.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1