Avalanche: Foothills 3/8/2011

Observer Name:

chester

Observation Date:

03/08/2011

Occurrence Date:

03/08/2011

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Foothills

Location Name:

slc bench just 100' vertically above 8100 top of the world drive

Location

40° 35' 35.16" N, 111° 48' 18.414" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

5100'

Aspect:

West

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Unknown

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Weak Layer:

Ground Interface

Depth (avg):

16"

Width:

20'

Vertical:

90'

General Comments

missing out today watching kid as wife got some great turns at resort. go out to mailbox and see this.
looked like party of 2, first person goes down nothing, second person trigers, cuts left and triggers second. slow mover slide didnt go far. note fence in runout(strainer), slide slide stopped 20 feet short

on bench snow started out as rain and switched to snow, very slushy underneath. in my yard 2 feet but on slope looked less

not very impressive but on bench so thought id share.

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