Avalanche: Wolverine 2/6/2011

Observer Name: 
David Ream
Observation Date: 
02/06/2011
Occurrence Date: 
02/06/2011
Occurrence Time: 
3:30pm
Region: 
Salt Lake
Wolverine
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Location Name: 
South Facing side of Mt. Wolverine
Printer-friendly version

Location

40° 34' 58.3176" N, 111° 36' 11.0484" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
9800'
Aspect: 
South
Slope Angle: 
37
Trigger: 
Skier
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Weak Layer: 
New Snow
Depth (avg): 
12"
Width: 
Unknown
Vertical: 
70'
General Comments

On our way back into Alta from a great tour off of East facing Wolverine we spotted this slide clearly trigger by skiers skiing terrain features off south facing Wolverine. This is not a huge slide but if it carried you throught the small trees over a cliff or carried you into concave toilet bowl terrain feature it could of really hurt. When I talk with the patrol at Alta, they had already seen it but had not been contacted by the people who had triggered it. It is always a good idea to let these hardworking folks know you triggered it and your ok.

P1010763.JPG
Javascript is required to view this map.

Site Built by Dharmatech
Site Refresh by Flint Creative