On Jan. 2, Greg Hugunin, 30, triggered an avalanche while snowboarding with five other people on Marmot Mountain in Hatcher Pass. Hugunin was the first in his group to drop in at an elevation of about 4,400 feet.
"When I got in the bottom zone I kind of hammered a turn because I felt something would pop loose (and) you could kind of feel the snow fracture," Hugunin said. "I went farther and then I heard a pop behind me, so I went at about a 45 degree angle to my safe zone."
This video captured the event. Hugunin arrived in the safe zone and looked back to see the slab of snow sliding down the mountain.
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