Observer Name
The Snowy Torrents & UAC Staff
Observation Date
Monday, March 17, 2014
Avalanche Date
Saturday, April 3, 1993
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Wolverine Cirque
Location Name or Route
Wolverine Cirque-Roman's
Elevation
10,600'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Caught
1
Carried
1
Buried - Fully
1
Killed
1
Accident and Rescue Summary
“The Snowy Torrents are like the Deep Sea: They seldom return their victims alive”
Narrative provided by The Snowy Torrents, courtesy of the American Avalanche Association. More information here: https://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/store
Logan, Spencer, Reardon, Blase, Walker, Emma, Long McKenzie (2022). The Snowy Torrents: Avalanche Accidents in the United States 1986-1996. American Avalanche Association
A skier was caught and carried in a small slide just off the ridge in the Wolverine Cirque. When the avalanche reached the lower portion of the cirque, a bigger slab broke out much deeper and wider than the original avalanche which initially caught the skier. Graupel pooling is suspected as a weak layer of the larger slab that broke out.
Avalanche File
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 1993.04.03_Wolverine.pdf | 81.55 KB |
| romans_avalanche_account.pdf | 1.81 MB |
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