Observer Name
Janulaitis
Observation Date
Friday, April 13, 2012
Avalanche Date
Friday, April 13, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Squaretop
Location Name or Route
Square Top
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
8"
Width
80'
Vertical
400'
Comments
Skier's right of Square Top on the nose about 100ft down slid at the roll over. Very close but a little left of the area of the last Square Top accident (broken pelvis as we now call it). The slide went all the way down and over the cliff band at the lower half. Quite a bit of snow was involved. There was a snowboard tracking coming out of the left side of the slide. Eariler in the day I was able to get snow to sluff on the crust underneath but movement was limited. No collapses, no shooting cracks all day.
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