Observer Name
Dan Bell
Observation Date
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Rocky Point
Location Name or Route
Southern Saddle of Rocky Point beginning of ridgeline cliff leading toward sunset peak.
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
25°
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
7"
Width
100'
Vertical
40'
Comments
Party of two skiers approached the edge of the ridge, which was slabby/cracking snow. Wind loading from the SW out of dry fork. Sympathetic releases from skier on the ridge, Cracks ran back on the windward side of some vertically building cornices several feet, almost back to the old scoured snow. 2 small slabs 100 feet across released on either side of a very subtle ridge.
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