On what was estimated to be their seventh lap, they dropped in under some rocks on a northwest facing slope when a facet layer failed beneath a hard wind slab causing an avalanche. The avalanche crown ...

The slide was reportedly three feet deep, 200 feet wide, and described by UAC officials as a soft slab avalanche, which consists of soft, low-density snow. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported ...

According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) social media statement, the skier was caught and buried in a slab avalanche, resulting in his death. "The avalanche occurred on a ...

Most of these reports describe common signs of persistent slab avalanches like remote triggers, rumbling collapse, and shooting cracks. A large slide was remotely triggered on Mt. Trelease, near ...

“Most reports describe Persistent Slab avalanche behavior with remote triggers, rumbling collapse, and shooting cracks. This is scary avalanche behavior.” D3 avalanches like the one triggered ...

One significant area of research has been the transition from sub-Rayleigh to supershear crack propagation in snow avalanches. This study revealed that snow slab avalanches can exhibit behavior ...

Most of these reports describe common signs of persistent slab avalanches like remote triggers, rumbling collapse, and shooting cracks. A large slide was remotely triggered on Mt. Trelease ...

The persistent slab avalanche was rated a “D2” or strong enough bury, injure or kill a person, and occurred on the northwest-facing slope of Red Mountain 3 at around 11,300 feet. CAIC ...

A skier was killed and another injured after the group they were in triggered a large avalanche while ascending ... an elevation of 10,400 feet, a large slab of snow about 5 feet thick broke ...

The persistent slab avalanche occurred on a northwest-facing slope around 11,300 feet, the report states. “We extend our deepest condolences to the skier’s family, friends, and community ...