Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 43°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 53 m
- Weak Layer
- New Snow/Old Snow Interface
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 152 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 61 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2865 m
Incident
- Number Caught
- 2
- Number Killed
- 1
- Number Carried
- 2
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 1
Below is a narrative of the accident from The Snowy Torrents; Avalanche Accidents in the United States 1980-1986, Nick Logan and Dale Atkins.