Observer Name
B
Observation Date
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Snake Creek
Location Name or Route
Big Daddy's
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
South
Slope Angle
33°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
10"
Width
80'
Vertical
100'
Comments
Triggered this Wind Slab (See Photo 1) when skiing down, saw the crack and skied off to rider's right with no incident. By 1130, ESE and S facing slopes with angles > 25 degrees were beginning to pick up Solar/Heat. They were damp about 5 cm down, and it appeared that this may have helped contribute to the reactivity of these lingering Wind Slabs. This was just one where we were able to initiate cracking and subsequent Slabs that were Pencil Plus in Hand Hardness. There was also evidence that there had been a much larger Wind Slab that had run in the steep gully/gut of the Big Daddy's within the past 48 hours. See Photo 2.
On top of this, widespread Loose Wet was observed on Steep ESE, S and SSW as noted by small roller balls.
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