Observation Date
Friday, February 15, 2013
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 15, 2013
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Emma Ridges
Location Name or Route
Emma #1 / Emma #2
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Southwest
Slope Angle
34°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Wet Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
Wet grains
Depth
5"
Width
20'
Vertical
300'
Comments
Our party of 3 initiated two small wet slides on our south-facing exit from the West Bowl of Silver fork at about 4:30pm today. The first was initiated on a lateral traverse from the top of the West Bowl over to Emma # 1 area.
The second occurred in a small SW-facing gully during our descent. This broke at my partner's skis and ran for about 300 vertical feet, entraining a fair amount of wet snow along its path.
Nobody caught or carried in either event.