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Avalanche: South Monitor Bowl

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Friday, March 29, 2019
Avalanche Date
Friday, March 29, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » South Monitor Bowl
Location Name or Route
South Monitor
Elevation
9,900'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
37°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
18"
Width
200'
Vertical
800'
Comments
Saw this avalanche in the centerpunch of S Monitor around 2:00pm, it was bad visibility all day but got a sucker hole and saw this soft slab that released from a natural cornice drop. The slide was around 200ft wide with a foot and a half crown, ran full track well out onto the flats. It failed from lots of wind loading on a density inversion that I was seeing all day. In non wind loaded terrain the density inversion was about 6 to 8 inches down, denser snow sitting on lighter density, in wind loaded terrain like S Monitor it was over a foot down and stayed reactive throughout the day.
photo: bad light bad photo