Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Vertical Fall
- 91 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3170 m
8th person on this slope, collapsed the slab near a rock feature buried under the snowpack. Fortunately, everyone came out on top at the end of the day.
Top image- overview of slide path
Middle image- likely trigger point... rock that was barely covered with very weak snow.
Bottom image- unlike recent avalanches in the Wasatch which have failed near the prominent dust layer, Uinta avalanches are breaking beneath that, on a facet/crust sandwich.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1