Avalanche: Patsy Marly 4/26/2011

Observer Name: 
Chris
Observation Date: 
04/27/2011
Occurrence Date: 
04/26/2011
Occurrence Time: 
5:00pm
Region: 
Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Patsy Marly
Location Name: 
Patsy Marley
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Location

40° 35' 23.0748" N, 111° 36' 42.2568" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
Unknown
Aspect: 
North
Northeast
Southwest
Slope Angle: 
29
Trigger: 
Skier
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Weak Layer: 
Density Change
Depth (avg): 
16"
Width: 
150'
Vertical: 
200'
General Comments

Heading up Patsy Marley Tuesday afternoon in the storm. 18 " or so of new snow that was bonding poorly to the base layer. Test slopes off the ridge popped right off, ~16" down, sliding on a firm base layer. Headed down the Southwest face of Patsy from the ridge about 200 yards below the "billboard". Ski cuts produced easily propogating slides down a clean bed surface. Proceeded down from island of safety to island of safety. When the clouds cleared we could see that the whole Southwest face had slide, with a crown running most of its length, clearing the storm snow.

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