Avalanche: Salt Lake 2/26/2010

Observer Name: 
Harris
Observation Date: 
02/26/2010
Occurrence Date: 
02/26/2010
Occurrence Time: 
12:00pm
Region: 
Salt Lake
Location Name: 
Lake Peak
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Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
10700'
Aspect: 
Northeast
Slope Angle: 
39
Trigger: 
Skier
Trigger: additional info: 
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Weak Layer: 
New Snow
Depth (avg): 
4"
Width: 
20'
Vertical: 
Unknown
General Comments

We noticed this goat-triggered avalanche on a SE slope near the summit of Lake Peak.  The avalanche looked to be ~100 wide and ran for about 400'

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General Comments 2

At this entrance we lopped a Gene Simmons tongue of a cornice, sending several hundred pounds of snow to the bottom but failed to trigger a slab avalanche.  Upon looking over the edge we noticed a nearly buried crown line, though it was hard to guess it's age or on which weak layer it had failed.

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General Comments 3

Ski cutting into most north-facing side of the gully, I triggered a shallow soft slab of freshly wind-deposited snow.  By late morning the wind was transporting significant amounts of storm snow, though most new deposits were F to 4F hand hardness.

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