Front Range

Avalanche

Person on snow shoes traveling below Dead Elk and Dragons Tail Couloir was caught and carried approximately 150' and partially buried. The individual caught was able to self extricate and was walking down to Emerald Lake. The individual said he had been hiking up by the start of Dead Elk Couloir and on his way down triggered the slide from the top, he said he was partially buried and lost his poles. Slide was on an east aspect 10,200' SS-AI-R1-D2