Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Gold Pan

Date:
Observer:
Route & General Observations

Standard route up super bowl, onto magnum then took the ridge to goldpan

Avalanche Details
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Trigger CorniceRemote Trigger No
Avalanche Type Cornice FallAspect South
ElevationunknownSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Run 1000ft  
Near Miss / Accident Details
Number Caught/Carried? 1Number Partially Buried?0
Number Fully Buried?0Number Injured?0
Number Fatalities?0  
Avalanche Details

Large Cornice failed sending me, debris and sluff down a gully into a wide opening. No large crowns or deep avalanches occurred

Events of the day

As we were booting the ridge line on goldpan, we stopped to look at a potential ski line. Either i or my ski partner triggered the cornice to fall. I was taken down roughly 1000ft with quick sluff and cornice debree. I pulled my airbag and was able to stay above the snow and came out unjured. My partner did not fall and was able to stay on the ridge. We were not far enough back, we thought we were in a safe zone but the cornice failed much further back.

Rescue events

Self rescue.

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