Avalanche: Mt.Magog, East Bench 12/31/2010

Observer Name:

Jeremy Jensen

Observation Date:

12/31/2010

Occurrence Date:

12/31/2010

Occurrence Time:

2:00pm

Region:

Mt.Magog, East Bench
Tony Grove
Logan River
Logan

Location Name:

East face of Magog near White Pine Trail

Location

41° 54' 46.026" N, 111° 38' 53.268" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

8200'

Aspect:

East

and steeper

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Snowboarder

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

Density Change

Depth (avg):

Width:

40'

Vertical:

70'

General Comments

Small soft slab avalanche in a windloaded chute near the bottom of magog. I could feel the slope was sensitive so I ski cut it without results. 2nd turn thru the chute released a small soft slab avalanche. Fairly small and not very threatening.

The snow was very inconsistent today. Many pockets of instability

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