Incident

Avalanche: Lake Creek

Alex FalkensteinUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
38°

Avalanche

Slab Width
61 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Snowmobiler
Vertical Fall
46 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

I was starting to cut downhill, trying to initiate an elevator slide on my snowmobile. The snow fractured at and above me on what seemed to be a storm/wind slab. The debris field was shallow, and I was able to ride out my snowmobile. Very glad it was on a short pitch and shallow slide.

Incident

Number Caught
1
Number Carried
1
Number Partly Buried
1