Sawatch

Avalanche

Alex Johnstone · Mar 22, 2020 · Sawatch

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Weather

Scattered storm clouds and western winds. Sun later in the day.

Snowpack

Wind loaded dense powder.

Avalanche

I triggered a soft slab about half way down the chute and it knocked me down and I was partially buried and took a 200’ tumble down through the sluf slide. Lost both my skis and had to hike the rocks out. I was not harmed at all. The slide was about 50’ across and went for about 250’ down before it stopped.