Avalanche

Avalanche: Currant Creek

Taylor GodfreyUintas
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Avalanche

Slab Width
24 m
Weak Layer
Density Change
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
53 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
46 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
3078 m

High marking and slab above snowmobile broke after snowmobile passed under it. 6 feet at the deepest point as measured by probe.