Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 37°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 15 m
- Weak Layer
- Facets
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 61 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northwest
- Avalanche Problem
- Persistent Weak Layer
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3018 m
I skied Oingo Boingo from Silver Fork Peak into Days. It had been skied but there was a very hard slab with intermittent good skiing. When I got to the bottom I noticed two skiers skiing the chute to the west into Days. They skied the top 100 ft. and paused at a safe spot. When the first skier began to ski the next line a hard slab broke above him. The second skier screamed and the first skier was able to ski/fight his way out. The crown was 2 to 3 ft. and there were some big chunks in there. I don't think this would have been a fatal avalanche if the skier had been caught but it definitely could have done some damage.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1