Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 12 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Vertical Fall
- 610 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 46 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2591 m
This was one of two human triggered avalanches in Hells Canyon today right outside the Snowbasin Ski Area Boundary.
D-3 was snowboarder triggered but person unknown at this time. From the tracks it looks like they were caught and carried 100' vertical feet and luckily escaped.
Forecaster note: unfortunately, the party did not contact ski patrol, and a search resulted.
1. Always call in triggered avalanches, especially those that are close to resorts, even if no one is caught.
- Ogden - Snowbasin Resort Dispatch (801-620-1017), Powder Mountain Dispatch (801-745-3772 x 123)
2. Searches put the rescuers at risk.
3. Even if you are just out of bounds, feet from a resort boundary and can see the resort, backcountry terrain is different and has no avalanche mitigation work.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1