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Avalanche Details

Location: Near Hatcher Pass
State: Alaska
Date: 2020/03/09
Time: 12:30 PM (Estimated)
Summary Description: 1 backcountry tourer caught, killed
Primary Activity: Backcountry Tourer
Primary Travel Mode: Snowboard

Number

Caught: 0
Fully Buried: 0
Injured: 0
Killed: 1

Avalanche

Type: SS
Trigger: AR - Snowboarder
Trigger (subcode): u - An unintentional release
Size - Relative to Path: --
Size - Destructive Force: --
Sliding Surface: O - Within Old Snow

Site

Slope Aspect: S
Site Elevation: 2000 ft
Slope Angle: 36 °
Slope Characteristic: --

Accident Summary

PRELIMINARY: A backcountry tourer triggered an avalanche around 12:30 PM on Monday 3/9. The rider strayed off his intended route and triggered an avalanche on a small slope. The avalanche funneled into a creek drainage, compounding the consequence of the avalanche.

Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center preliminary report

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<b>Figure 1:</b> Fatal avalanche near Hatcher Pass, Alaska, on March 9, 2020. (<a href=javascript:void(0); onClick=win=window.open('https://caic-production.imgix.net/l45ddofb8x3n0vwihrlhsdlz8k40?ixlib=php-3.1.0&s=d12f2f2541c7b237024fff6f08d2b019','caic_media','resizable=1,height=820,width=840,scrollbars=yes');win.focus();return false;>see full sized image</a>)