Avalanche

Avalanche: Hells Canyon

Frank WaikartOgden
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Quick report

Slope Angle
38°

Avalanche

Slab Width
30 m
Weak Layer
Facets
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
610 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
61 cm
Trigger Detail
Remotely Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Start Zone Elevation
2591 m

This was one of two human triggered avalanches today in the Hells Canyon Area just outside the Snowbasin Ski Area Boundary.

This was a larger slide that runs into the same drainage as the first slide. This was called in by the party that triggered it and patrol responded but then found the other slide and searched that area knowing the reporting party was not caught in this slide.

Large D 3 running on facets in the lower snowpack.