Incident

Avalanche: Suicide Chute "Shane's Chute"

TSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
9 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Slab Thickness
25 cm
Start Zone Aspect
East
Start Zone Elevation
2896 m

Lcc, 9500 ft, suicide chute. Skinning up the apron we noticed Superior had slid down to the apron and suicide chute had avalanched naturally during the night which was not surprising. Soft debris in suicide chute mostly covered by new snow already. Boot packing up suicide chute on the lookers left hand side about 1/2 way up the chute and triggered a small 10-12 inch 30ft wide windloaded pocket that sat below the rock wall. 3 people in our party were carried about 10 feet downslope and after this we decided to head down

Incident

Number Caught
3
Number Carried
3