Avalanche: No Name Bowl

Observer Name
Nalli
Observation Date
Friday, January 20, 2012
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 20, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » No Name Bowl
Location Name or Route
No Name
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
300'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments

We intentionally triggered this slab with a ski cut at the very top of the bowl. Yesterdays dense slab is now a hard slab and therefore a little stubborn. It also increases the potential to propagate longer distances. This slide propagated very fast and quickly picked up speed. It initially failed at the upper most layer of very weak facets now buried about two feet from the surface and then gouged much deeper as it moved. Lots of brush and ground cover was exposed in the bed surface but I feel that there is still plenty of weak snow left over to worry about with future loads.

Comments

This slide ran almost full track with lots of speed and a sizable powder cloud.

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