Avalanche: lake Peak 1/22/2011

Observer Name:

Nalli

Observation Date:

01/22/2011

Occurrence Date:

01/22/2011

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
White Pine
lake Peak

Location Name:

White Pine Canyon- Lake Peak

Location

40° 32' 32.8992" N, 111° 41' 0.2652" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10400'

Aspect:

Northeast

Trigger:

Natural

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Depth (avg):

16"

Width:

100'

Vertical:

400'

General Comments

Blustery, windy day in White Pine. Saw this SS-N-R2,D2 on Lake Peak at around 10:30. Despite the slabby nature of the new windblown snow, we saw no other slides and few other signs of instability. Still finding lots of variability in the crust facet combinations and this alone seems to warrant extra caution. Still not really that much of a load on any of these weaknesses.

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