| Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
| Avalanche Type | Hard Slab | Aspect | Northwest |
| Elevation | 3400ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | unknown |
Avalanche: Other Regions
Location: Near Hope
Skier triggered avalanche near Hope. Was caught, carried around 400′ down slope, able to arrest on bed surface and ok.
Near Miss / Accident Details
| Number Caught/Carried? | 1 | Number Partially Buried? | 0 |
| Number Fully Buried? | 0 | Number Injured? | 0 |
| Number Fatalities? | 0 |
Avalanche Details
Avalanche was believed to be an old hard wind slab sitting on either buried surface hoar or facets. Possibly formed from the NW outflow wind event a couple weeks ago.
Avalanche was triggered near the top of the ridge while skinning back up the 2,000' run that I had just skied. It propagated very wide on a short planar slope before it rolled over into a terrain trap. I was caught and carried in the blocks and debris and then able to remove one ski and use it to help self-arrest on the bed surface and come to a stop well before the roll over.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | No |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observer Comments
Some whumpfing along ridge, but no signs of instability on the slope prior to the avalanche.
Crown near top of ridge
Looking down the path.