Incident

Avalanche: Mantua

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Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
38 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
2469 m

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Blue sky, warm, happened at approx. 3 pm just as the area was going into the shade.

About 8100 feet, snow had good base and no movement all day long climbing the hills.

15" deep 100' wide, slid about 70 feet.

It happened on the smallest hill of the day while in the trees.

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1
Number Partly Buried
1