Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 40°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 107 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3292 m
Skier left the ski area boundary and triggered a wind slab avalanche. They were caught and carried and dug into the bed surface. The avalanche stepped down and failed on facets near the ground. Snowbird ran hasty search to make sure no one else was involved.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1