Avalanche: Patsy Marly 2/28/2011

Observer Name: 
Eichhorst
Observation Date: 
02/28/2011
Occurrence Date: 
02/28/2011
Occurrence Time: 
12:00pm
Region: 
Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Patsy Marly
Location Name: 
Patsy Ridge
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Location

40° 35' 24.3636" N, 111° 36' 39.4776" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
10300'
Aspect: 
North
Northeast
Slope Angle: 
Unknown
Trigger: 
Skier
Avalanche Type: 
Hard Slab
Depth (avg): 
18"
Width: 
60'
Vertical: 
Unknown
General Comments

Descending the Patsy Ridge we looked into Powder 8 bowl cautiously and released a wind slab on a cross loaded/leeward slope which appeared to fail on the dense snow from the last storm. I didn't stick around to make a more detailed observation (I apologize). The propagation occurred on a convex roll over down the ridge from the summit where much smaller cornices had built up. It didn't carry much speed, but I was surprised of the overall size of the pocket that moved. - Probably a pretty common occurrence yesterday for the salt lake area wind effected terrain. Winds seem to come from every direction yesterday. It was great.

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