Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Warm up bowl (-1 bowl) avalanche

Date:

January 21, 2023 4:23pm

Observer:

Anonymous

Route & General Observations

Snowboarder triggered avalanche. Propagation occurred on southwest facing slope of warm up bowl at the very top of slope at about 2 feet deep. Propagated 100 to 150 feet across slope.

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Forecaster Comments

This avalanche caught the snowboarder, carried them several hundred feet down slope, rider deployed airbag, and was partially buried uninjured.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Snowboarder	Remote Trigger	No
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	Southwest
Elevation	2900ft	Slope Angle	45deg
Crown Depth	20in	Width	150ft
Vertical Run	500ft

Near Miss / Accident Details

Number Caught/Carried?	1	Number Partially Buried?	1
Number Fully Buried?	0	Number Injured?	0
Number Fatalities?	0

Avalanche Details

I was the first person on the slop.

Rescue events

I road the slid about 300 to 400 feet. Was able to dig myself out with help from my ridding partners, buried up to my nipples. Had to deploy my avy bag.

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Looking up at slide from below

Crown and path

Wider view

Location

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