Observer Name
Janulaitis
Observation Date
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Avalanche Date
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Squaretop
Location Name or Route
Square Top, Pink Cliffs, Cinder Chutes, Nordic Valley
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
6"
Width
300'
Vertical
700'
Comments
Out walking around today to see what it all looked like and it wasn't good. Square Top naturalled wall to wall and ran to the base of the slope both sides. While walking up the ridgeline to the top of Cinders I discovered most of Ciders slide and ran through the trees. I was easily able to get the hand fire to slide out. Once on the ridgeline I could see Littlewater slide as well as most of the Nordic Vally ridgeline. All slides were in the new snow and none appeared to have failed at the base, which obviously means the weak snow is all still there. The snow was upside down and heavy. Constant cracking, propagation, and whomping.
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