Avalanche

Avalanche: Grizzly Gulch

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Avalanche

Slab Width
38 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

Significant Whumfing and settling on lower angle slopes and ridge top. Slide was triggered by the 3rd turn of the skier as they turned over a burried rock. audible settling and shooting cracks were seen and the skier was able to navigate out of the slide path. The slide ran approximately 150 feet into a line of trees stopped. The slide wiped the slope to mostly bare ground with only a small amount of old snow still present. No one was carried or injured from the party.