Avalanche — Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming
January 4, 2025 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Summary from the USDA FS Bridger Teton Avalanche Center report titled Radio Tower Peak Avalanche Accident: On Saturday, January 4 2025, at approximately 11 am, a group of four skiers unintentionally triggered an avalanche on a north-facing, sparsely treed slope above a steep-walled gully approximately one mile from the parking pullout for Breccia Mountain. The avalanche was remotely triggered from below as the party attempted to cross a gully beneath a wind-loaded ridge. The triggered weak layer was formed during a cold, dry period early in the season. The weak layer was responsible for the region���s numerous human and snowmobile-triggered avalanches the week preceding this accident. This avalanche propagated 350��� uphill to a wind-loaded 38-40 degree slope, broken by cliff bands and acr
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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.