Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 14 m
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Snowboarder
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 20 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Unintentionally Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- New Snow
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2743 m
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1
- Number Injured
- 1
Salt Lake County SAR responded to a report of a 40 year old male snowboarder caught and carried in an avalanche off the Chicken Sh%t Ridge. The snowboarder washed through the trees and had the snowboard ripped from his feet with the bindings still attached to his boots. He sustained minor lower leg and/or foot injuries and was evacuated back to the trailhead via snowmobile.