Incident

Avalanche: Monte Cristo

FD Chris GSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
12 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3261 m

At 11 AM we were skinning up to Heart of Darkness on the east facing slope of the north ride of Monte Cristo, we trigged a wind slab (after passing through debris pile from yesterday's north facing slide on Superior). One skier was carried 150' but was able to immediately deploy an airbag pack and was not buried. A second skier was carried about 10-15' and was also not buried.

Incident

Number Caught
2
Number Carried
2