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Avalanche: Powder Mountain Backcountry 3/6/2010

Observation Date:

03/08/2010

Occurrence Date:

03/06/2010

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Powder Mountain Backcountry
Ogden

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

9000'

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Unknown

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Depth (avg):

10"

Width:

500'

Vertical:

1000'

General Comments

soft sluff avalanche unintentionally triggered between 9200 and 8500 steepness around 35 depth 10 feet width 500 feet ( pretty significant since a significant part of mountainside slid) vertical 1000 feet Triggered by sluff and fall of a snowboarder that put pressure on soft warm snow layer

6 inches new snow snow was sunbaked wind transported in some areas