Avalanche: White Pine 1/22/2011

Observer Name:

Chris Pond

Observation Date:

01/22/2011

Occurrence Date:

01/22/2011

Occurrence Time:

9:30am

Region:

Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
White Pine

Location Name:

Off first whitepine switchback, up 200 ft, near ridge.

40° 34' 10.2072" N, 111° 41' 3.5088" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

8500'

Aspect:

North

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Skier

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

New Snow/Old Snow Interface

Depth (avg):

12"

Width:

50'

Vertical:

100'

People Involved

Caught:

Carried:

Partly Buried:

General Comments

We were looking for where the snow blew to yesterday and found this early in our mission.

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