Avalanche: Dromedary Peak 12/27/2010

Observer Name:

Reno

Observation Date:

12/27/2010

Occurrence Date:

12/27/2010

Occurrence Time:

2:00pm

Region:

Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Mill B South
Dromedary Peak

Location Name:

Mill B, Dromedary North east shoulder (bonkers in the sky)

Location

40° 35' 36.33" N, 111° 42' 17.0496" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10500'

Aspect:

Northeast

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

New Snow

Depth (avg):

10"

Width:

60'

Vertical:

100'

People Involved

Carried:

General Comments

While skinning across a north-east aspect on Dromedary's shoulder, encountered a hard wind slab. Naively continued traversing the slope, even though it felt like a slab. The avalanche broke above me and caught one of my skis and carried me to a flat slope 100 feet below. When I came to a stop, pulled by ski out and skied out into Mill B.

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