Avalanche: Pinecrest 2/20/2011

Observer Name:

Ingle, McIlwaine, others

Observation Date:

02/20/2011

Occurrence Date:

02/20/2011

Occurrence Time:

11:00am

Region:

Salt Lake
Emigration Canyon
Pinecrest

Location Name:

Pinecrest

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

6700'

Aspect:

East

Trigger:

Natural

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

New Snow/Old Snow Interface

Depth (avg):

unknown

Width:

Unknown

Vertical:

300'

General Comments

Avalanche on east facing aspect crossed the road @ aprox. 11:00 am. Broke
out in cliff band and ran about 300' through mature conifers and crossed
road leaving a 20' + dedris pile. Locals haven't seen this track run since
the early 80s. County cleared road by 3:00 pm. Another skier triggered
slide ran on east facing slope in Pinecrest drainage. No details except
that it ran in new snow fulltrack to bottom of drainage.