Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 35°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 46 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 76 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3109 m
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 1
This is a preliminary report and we are still sifting through details. What we do know is this extremely close call buried a rider who deployed his airbag, but it looks like both he and his sled got wrapped around a tree. Everyone is ok, but this story could've had a very tragic ending