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Avalanche: Scotties Bowl

Observer Name
Kikkert
Observation Date
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Avalanche Date
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Scotties Bowl
Location Name or Route
Scotties Bowl
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
6"
Width
20'
Vertical
100'
Comments

Remotely triggered a small soft slab in upper Scotties while approaching from the ridge. Was peeking into upper Scotties to look at a line, upon approach a shallow soft slab averaging 3-6 inches deep released and ran down onto the first flat below the upper headwall. Very soft with little potential for consequences. It did run a bit further than expected, due to the slick underlying crust. We expected some activity as the top 3-6 inches was mostly wind affected graupel and was pretty sensitive on the skin up. However, expected to release something on a ski cut and triggering it remotely was a little surprising. No doubt you could have worked up the ridge, easily triggering similar slides. We were up there early during the height of instability and I would imagine that most instability has already settled out.

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