Avalanche: Flagstaff Ridge

Observer Name
jim
Observation Date
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Avalanche Date
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Flagstaff Ridge
Location Name or Route
falgstaff bowl
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
Southeast
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Depth
8"
Width
100'
Vertical
300'
Caught
1
Carried
1
Comments

Skinned up Flag to take a peak a upper Days. Wind was terrible, worse than expected. Did not drop Days, looked unsafe and slabbed out. Turned around and went down Flag. At about 9600 turned east over the ridge to get a little air, my normal route, cut hard right to get back on the south face. All of the sudden there were cracks everywhere and was being pulled down. Able to continue right with my momentum and get out of the slide. Saw it run a few hundred feet. Not sure actual depth but was about a foot or so when cracking around me. Sorry no pics.

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