Observer Name
St Jeor/Livingstone/Kohler
Observation Date
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Avalanche Date
Friday, December 20, 2013
Region
Uintas » Nobletts » Mill Hollow » Lake Creek
Location Name or Route
Lake Creek/ TimberLakes drainage
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Snowmobiler
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
5'
Width
200'
Vertical
125'
Caught
1
Carried
1
Buried - Partly
1
Comments
The pictures aren't the greatest... visibility was about 25 feet. This was a snowmobile triggered slide near Tower mountain yesterday. The rider was sidehilling low on the slope when he triggered a massive wind slab breaking on facets near the ground. he was caught, but deployed his air bag and was only buried up to his waist.
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