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:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

New Snow/Old Snow Interface

Depth (avg):

unknown

Width:

Unknown

Vertical:

300'

General Comments

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.