Avalanche

Avalanche: Lake Canyon

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Avalanche

Slab Width
91 m
Weak Layer
Density Change
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Slab Thickness
76 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
East
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2957 m

Snowmobiler triggered unintentionally. Climbing the lee-ward face of a short steep hill. The track that triggered it is in the upper right corner of the pictures. A second snowmobiler (me) was beginning to climb as the avalanche was triggered. I was able to pin the throttle and escape unharmed and untouched (the U-shaped track at the toe of the slide is the turn out).