Avalanche: Snake Creek 2/13/2011

Observer Name:

Anonymous

Observation Date:

02/13/2011

Occurrence Date:

02/13/2011

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Snake Creek

Location Name:

Snake Creek

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

Unknown

Trigger:

Snowmobiler

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Depth (avg):

Width:

50'

Vertical:

Unknown

General Comments

2 Snowmobilers on a large avalanche path with previous ski + smowmobile tracks to the top. Snowmobile turned out 3/4 of the way up and released a pocket 3' deep 30-40' wide that went to the ground and left a sizable debris pile. No one was involved in the slide.