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Avalanche: Lambs Canyon 2/27/2010

Observer Name:

Patterson

Observation Date:

02/27/2010

Occurrence Date:

02/27/2010

Occurrence Time:

12:30pm

Region:

Salt Lake
Parleys Canyon
Lambs Canyon

Location Name:

Lambs Canyon

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

8800'

Aspect:

Northwest

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Remotely Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

Surface Hoar

Depth (avg):

20"

Width:

70'

Vertical:

70'

Snow Profile

Snow Profile Comments:

Found this test slope on the way up Lambs. With a few stomps fractured and propagated easily on surface hoar

General Comments

While skiing down a wind swept shoulder we started hearing multiple collapses. Came around the corner of a small convexity and noticed that we had remotely triggered this avalanche on a 28 degree slope. surface hoar

General Comments 2

28 degrees, surface hoar...

General Comments 3

Surface hoar on the bed surface was 1-2cm feathers. HUGE! Explains why Lambs Canyon has been so reactive since 2/16.

General Comments 4

Triggering the hang fire...

Video 4: