Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center

Crown Profile for the Sheep Creek fatality on February 20, 2-18.

Site of an accident on the previous day that resulted one fatality (buried) and two partial burials. The slab avalanche failed on the buried surface hoar and dug down through the faceted snow layer to the late November crust.

Snow pit was dug on a flat slope at the Commissary Ridge weather station.

Pit was dug to just below the late November crusts.

While the old snow surface from October is identified as the problem layer, the snowfall from the beginning of November is bonding well to the old snow surface at this location.