Incident

Avalanche: Murdock Peak

MerleSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
35°

Avalanche

Slab Width
38 m
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
91 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2316 m

Low elevation, low angle, two foot slab on surface hoar as advised for past few days. One skier caught grabbed an aspen tree soon after getting caught lost both ski poles but did not get buried.

Incident

Number Caught
1