Avalanche: Park City Ski Resort

Observer Name
Michael Janulaitis
Observation Date
Monday, April 28, 2014
Avalanche Date
Monday, April 28, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ski Resort
Location Name or Route
Jupiter Hill - Hourglass
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
6"
Width
50'
Vertical
500'
Comments

Note: Park City Resort was closed and not doing any avalanche control at this time.

The new snow was dry and cold but there was a density inversion in the top 6 inches. The wind was ripping out of the NE and the snow was reacting with a skin that I triggered on each of the three runs I took. This slide put on a good show. About 30 x 30 soft slab in the trigger zone of Hourglass then after the choke the main chute sympathetically slide. There was a nice powder cloud...something I can't say I've seen this late in the year in PC. New snow depth was 16-18 inches in Puma Bowl but at best 1 foot in Empire Bowl.

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