Accident: Radar Love Bowl 2/26/2010

Observer Name: 
McKee
Observation Date: 
02/26/2010
Occurrence Date: 
02/26/2010
Occurrence Time: 
11:30pm
Region: 
Radar Love Bowl
Park City Ridgeline
Salt Lake
Location Name: 
Radar Love Bowl
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Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
9700'
Aspect: 
Southeast
Slope Angle: 
37
Trigger: 
Skier
Trigger: additional info: 
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Weak Layer: 
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth (avg): 
16"
Width: 
Unknown
Vertical: 
Unknown
People Involved
Caught: 
2
Carried: 
2
Fully Buried: 
1
Accident & Rescue Info
Accident & Rescue Summary: 

 Spending a day getting caught up in the office nursing a cold, got a call from my buddy just after he dug out his partner.

Skining up the South side of Radar Love Bowl, they triggered a soft slab avalanche that took both of them for a ride. My friend said that they were spaced far apart on the skin and when he got to the steep breakover it ripped out above him and around into the Northeast facing timbers. Said he went for a 400' ride keeping above the debris and keeping his skis, his buddy was burried with his hand sticking out. After he dug out his partner out he called me incase someone else came by and called out a rescue, everyone was ok. I called Alta Central  to relay the info. The guy who went for a ride lost his poles, so they eventually skied down to the Canyons after trying to find an alternative way out and running into more naturals around the area.

General Comments

Class 2 new snow soft slabs in God's lawnmower and Stairs W facing. South facing Road banks poping, running to the shoulder from 12:00 to 12:30. -m.


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