Avalanche: Superior

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Avalanche Date
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Superior
Location Name or Route
Superior, south face
Elevation
11,000'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Comments

Was walking the ridge toward LSB when I saw a slide coming down the upper apron of Superior, looked to be triggered bye a snow boarder or skier walking west from the summit of Superior towards the SE facing. Talked to Cody Hughs who was up on the peak and he said the guy got too close to the cornice line and set of a wind slab after knocking a peace of the cornice off. Looked to be quite a few people up there that had a better look at it than me they might have more specifics on it. Did get one good photo of the crown though.