Quick report
- Slope Angle
- 38°
Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 305 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 30 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Southeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2896 m
Skier triggered new/wind-drifted snow avalanche 12"-18" deep on Flagstaff Ridge while descending. Skier was carried 150' vertical downslope. Similar time frame a skier reported soft-slab avalanches while ascending the Emma's from 8,600'-10,000' Ski areas reported widespread wind-drifted snow results with explosives up to 1.5' deep.
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1
- Number Partly Buried
- 1