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Observer Name
White, Meisnheimer, Collinson, Steenburg
Observation Date
Friday, December 16, 2016
Avalanche Date
Friday, December 16, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » South Monitor Bowl
Location Name or Route
South Monitor
Elevation
9,900'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
34°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
4'
Width
500'
Vertical
800'
Comments

Only got a quick glimpse of this slide, during a slight lull in the hurricane force winds. Largest part of the crown was lookers left but it wrapped around all the way to the E-SE facing portion of the bowl about 500ft or more wide. Thinking it was it was a wind slab triggered by a natural cornice drop. Calling it a hard slab like the ones I saw yesterday in West Monitor, due to the dense snow and heavy wind loading.

Photos not the best kinda tough day on the high ridge line.