Avalanche: Michigan City 1/20/2012

Observer Name:

Kobernik-Hardesty

Observation Date:

01/20/2012

Occurrence Date:

01/20/2012

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Grizzly Gulch
Michigan City

Location Name:

Michigan City

Location

40° 35' 46.1796" N, 111° 36' 49.7556" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

Unknown

Aspect:

West

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Remotely Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth (avg):

unknown

Width:

40'

Vertical:

50'

General Comments

It appears that this little pocket was triggered remotely from the ski tracks which you can see above the pocket. I'd guess the skier didn't even realize they'd triggered anything.

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