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Avalanche: Argenta 3/7/2010

Observer Name:

Adam Riser

Observation Date:

03/07/2010

Occurrence Date:

03/07/2010

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Argenta
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Salt Lake

Location

40° 37' 34.5396" N, 111° 40' 10.902" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10000'

Aspect:

North

Northwest

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth (avg):

12"

Width:

10'

Vertical:

150'

People Involved

Caught:

Carried:

Partly Buried:

General Comments

Kessler Peak, Northwest Couloirs

Light snow, light to moderate wind at ridge from the southwest.

Northwest facing. Softslab / ground (shallow snowpack). 9500ft (give or take). 12 inch crown across narrow couloir (eight feet wide). Victim traveled for 100 feet (and through a 20-foot steep rocky section). Slide went for additional 50 feet past the point where the victim stopped.

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