Avalanche — Salt River & Wyoming Ranges, Wyoming
January 14, 2024 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
From Bridger-Teton National Forecast Avalanche Forecast Staff: On January 14, 2024, at approximately 11:30 AM, a skier unintentionally triggered an avalanche on a mid-elevation (8,500���), northwest-facing, sparsely treed slope above an indistinct gully on the Northwest Face of Little Poudre Mountain. This large, soft slab avalanche filled a relatively narrow path. The weak snow layer formed during a prolonged dry period in December that was buried by approximately 30��� of snow falling during a series of storms that began on January 4th. The avalanche broke approximately 50��� wide and 1-3��� deep and entrained more snow along the flanks of a shallow gully. The avalanche fell approximately 600 vertical feet. The slide path is one of several sparsely wooded avalanche paths on the northwest
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.