Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 9 m
- Trigger Type
- Natural
- Vertical Fall
- 9 m
- Avalanche Type
- Roof Avalanche
- Slab Thickness
- 122 cm
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2621 m
“The Snowy Torrents are like the Deep Sea: They seldom return their victims alive”
Narrative provided by The Snowy Torrents, courtesy of the American Avalanche Association. More information here: https://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/store
Logan, Spencer, Reardon, Blase, Walker, Emma, Long McKenzie (2022). The Snowy Torrents: Avalanche Accidents in the United States 1986-1996. American Avalanche Association
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Killed
- 1
- Number Fully Buried
- 1
From the Snowy Torrents 1986-1996:
"A family from Salt Lake City arrived at an A-frame cabin for the weekend. A 7 year old boy and a friend also 7 years old were playing outside the cabin shortly after noon. They were knocking icicles off the roof eaves when the snow on the roof avalanched burying one of the boys."
The second boy ran for help. Wasatch County Sheriff was alerted. The father and a passing snowmobiler dug the boy out and started CPR.