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Avalanche: Lake Peak 2/21/2010

Observer Name:

Randy Covington

Observation Date:

02/21/2010

Occurrence Date:

02/21/2010

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
White Pine Gulch
Lake Peak

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

Unknown

Aspect:

Northeast

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Depth (avg):

12"

Width:

40'

Vertical:

100'

People Involved

Caught:

Carried:

Partly Buried:

General Comments

Light wind on ridge tops, Light snow

Wet snow sliding on buried surface hoar. North aspect, about 38 degrees steepness, 8-12" deep, 40' wide at toe
This slide was skier triggered, as much as I hate to admit it, I was standing just below him when it released, the visibility was poor, only a few feet, so I did not see it release, I heard the noise just before it knocked me down for a 100" ride. Thought that skinning up a existing debris pile would be safe, not so (Indication of recent activity). I think this slide was a good example of the Greenhouse effect, we had been skiing light cold snow all day but the conditions were much different on this aspect, damp and heavy.

New light snow about 4" over about 12" of damp dense snow.

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