LIONHEAD AREA
Lionhead Range
Code
SS-AMu-R2-D2-O
Elevation
9400
Aspect
SE
Latitude
44.73100
Longitude
-111.38800
Notes
A snowmobiler triggered this avalanche, no one was caught. From the reporting party, "We were playing in the trees below the ridge and we climbed up to the left in that little meadow and that's when the slide broke to our right and propagated up. From what I can tell is it broke on two layers and it was approximately 100ft wide and ran 500ft. Debris piled up in the trees above the meadow we were playing in."
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Snowmobile
Trigger Modifier
u-An unintentional release
R size
2
D size
2
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Persistent Weak Layer
Slab Thickness
30.0 inches
Vertical Fall
500ft
Slab Width
100.00ft
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year