Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 213 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
- 3048 m
- Dry Fork- 10,400' East-northeast aspect-skier triggered soft slab- 2' deep 200' wide 700' vertical. Triggered by skiers dropping a cornice, ran over bench where slides usually stop (photo).
- Clayton Peak- 9,800'- Northeast aspect= soft slab failed on facets- 2' deep 60' wide and 200' vertical. Several pockets triggered from different skiers. Pulling out onto lower angled slopes.
- Tuscarora- 10,400'- Skier triggered, caught and carried, ended up on top.
- Twin Lake Pass- 10,000'- East-northeast aspect- skier triggered soft slab failed on buried facets- 2' deep 60' wide and 300' vertical. Tracks going into fracture line and coming off of debris at bottom.
- Skier unintentionally had cornice break, triggered slide below. Then intentionally triggered another.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 2
- Number Carried
- 2