Avalanche
- Weak Layer
- Density Change
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 137 m
- Avalanche Type
- Soft Slab
- Start Zone Aspect
- North
- Start Zone Elevation
- 3048 m
Merry Christmas to me! After getting human factored caught and carried for the first time (300 feet or so) i only lost my poles! Clearly I shouldn't have taken a shortcut up Wolverine given that moderate winds were actively changing yesterday's snow. Boy do I feel stupid...
(Photo by Craig Gordon, who was in the area later in the day. Note the ridgeline wind drifting)
Incident
- Number Caught
- 1
- Number Carried
- 1