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Observer Name
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Observation Date
Friday, February 7, 2014
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 7, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Scotts Peak
Location Name or Route
Scotts Peak
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
37°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
16"
Width
70'
Vertical
350'
Comments

Noted what seemed to be a new snow only avalanche off the very peak of Scotts, north facing. Saw it around 2:00pm looked pretty fresh. Looks to have been triggered by a natural cornice drop onto the heavily wind loaded slope. Seemed to be a storm slab avalanche and did not seem to break down into old facets, But it was blowing super hard and the visibility was poor so I can't be totally sure. Too much snow blowing around at the top for any pictures but did get some of the debris pile.