Avalanche: Home Run

Observer Name
Willlis Richardson
Observation Date
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Home Run
Location Name or Route
Side Country of the Canyons, Moon Rocks and Home Run
Elevation
9,200'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
Unknown
Width
90'
Vertical
400'
Comments
I was skiing off Saddle Back and saw these two slides. The slide in Moon Rocks went to the ground but not Home Run Bowl. I poked around in the trees and immediate area beyond the ski area boundary and was very surprised. I took my ski pole and begin checking the layers. There was new snow about two or three feet then the bottom dropped out into sugar snow. I was able to go to the ground. With my pole it took me less that five minutes to make a hole two feet across and four feet deep. I have never seen unstable conditions even in the trees with an angle of no more that 20 degrees. If you look at the Moon Rocks photo, you can see the large crack in the upper right hand corner of the photo. I may go out tomorrow and get look into the trees along Roscoes. It all appeared very dodgy after seeing the reports from Desolation Lake and that area is as mellow as it gets. I may try to get over to Powder Bowl as well.
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