Skier carried in wind slab on Naya Nuki

The Great One
Bridger Range
Code
AS-R1-D1.5
Elevation
9000
Aspect
E
Latitude
45.89260
Longitude
-110.96200
Notes

We went on a tour in the Bridgers today, we ascended the east ridge of Naya Nuki to the entrance of the Great One. Wind was blowing and we were being careful about potential wind slabs up high.

Skier 1 ski cut the top of the chute and produced a small wind slab that ran to the break in the chute and continued another 100 vert down the east apron. After all meeting up halfway down, skier 2 proceeded to ski the E facing apron. A wind slab propagated and carried skier 2 roughly 300 vert down the apron where skier 2 was able to swim out of the fall line and came to a rest on top of the debris. Everyone was okay aside two missing ski poles.

On the way out, we saw a few more small natural wind slabs that broke naturally near ridge lines as well as point and release wet slides.

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Trigger
Skier
R size
1
D size
1.5
Problem Type
Wind Slab
Vertical Fall
300ft
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year