Avalanche: Patsy Marly 5/19/2011

Observer Name:

Eric Wagstaff

Observation Date:

05/19/2011

Occurrence Date:

05/19/2011

Occurrence Time:

2:00pm

Region:

Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Patsy Marly

Location Name:

Alta/about 1200 feet below the microwave.

Location

40° 35' 27.6504" N, 111° 37' 9.7572" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

Unknown

Aspect:

West

Trigger:

Unknown

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Weak Layer:

New Snow/Old Snow Interface

Depth (avg):

unknown

Width:

Unknown

Vertical:

Unknown

People Involved

Caught:

Carried:

General Comments

Released above me so not sure exactly where. Sun came out for about 5 minutes, then clouds moved in prior to skiing the slope. Poor visibility/flat light aided in navigating my line choice to far skiers left of microwave than i wanted. Lost 1 ski, stayed on top whole time, went for a small ride and able to steer off to the right flank and stop. Skied out on one ski...no injuries.

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