Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 36°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 61 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Snowmobiler
- Vertical Fall
- 38 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 152 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2957 m
The pictures aren't the greatest... visibility was about 25 feet. This was a snowmobile triggered slide near Tower mountain yesterday. The rider was sidehilling low on the slope when he triggered a massive wind slab breaking on facets near the ground. he was caught, but deployed his air bag and was only buried up to his waist.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 1