Observer Name
Hardesty and Wilson
Observation Date
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Avalanche Date
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Region
Salt Lake » Parleys Canyon » Mt Aire
Location Name or Route
Mt Aire
Elevation
8,100'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
20"
Width
70'
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
2nd remotely triggered slide while continuing up toward the Mill Creek/Parley's ridgeline. This slide sympathetic'd out another, smaller adjacent 'slope' 30' wide and 18" deep on the west side of the ridgeline. Collapsing and shooting cracks noted much of the way.
Comments
Photo of rocky terrain is the sympathetic. All running on the weak faceted snow formed during the 1st week of January period of high pressure. No rime crust noted above the facets.

Comments
Last photo shows the tensile cracks within the snow just off the Parley's/Mill Creek ridgeline on north facing terrain. Not steep enough for this avalanche to slide...but commonplace where wind loading from Wed/Thurs occurred...with the Thurs/Fri storm snow above.
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