Avalanche

Avalanche: Farmington Peak

Brenton CorbettOgden
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Avalanche

Slab Width
152 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
244 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
122 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2560 m

Our group was traversing a fairly flat less than 15 degree area in a bowl in Farmington Canyon below but well out of avalanche terrain when we triggered a slide from about 300yds away up slope. Initially we didn't know the face had slid until we were traversing back thru the zone about 10-20min later.