Avalanche: Park City 5/20/2011

Observer Name:

Jeff Moses

Observation Date:

05/20/2011

Occurrence Date:

05/20/2011

Occurrence Time:

11:00am

Region:

Park City
Park City Ridgeline
Salt Lake

Location Name:

Jupiter Peak/Pioneer Ridge

Location

40° 37' 1.254" N, 111° 32' 18.0708" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

9600'

Aspect:

East

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Intentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Weak Layer:

New Snow/Old Snow Interface

Depth (avg):

Width:

10'

Vertical:

400'

General Comments

Intentional ski cuts easily initiated two loose wet slides 6-8' wide and 6-8" deep, that ran slowly, but entrained a fair amount of heavy snow that ran full track with an impressive amount of snow settling at the bottom. You certainly would not have wanted to be caught mid-slope by this heavy snow.

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