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Avalanche: Rocky Point

Observer Name
Kendall
Observation Date
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Avalanche Date
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Rocky Point
Location Name or Route
Rocky Point
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Skier
Depth
2.5'
Width
45'
Snow Profile Comments
wind loaded
Comments
I triggered a wind slab on one of the slopes between Rocky Point and Sunset peak this morning at approximately 10:15AM. The slab traveled 200+ feet, through a few groups of pine trees. I was safely able to ski out of the way after I saw some snow moving in front of me (at which time my partner also notified me of the slide on the radio) and cut left and looked back, when I realized I had avoided the moving snow by no more than ten seconds. Other skiers skied an adjacent slope skier's right of my line shortly afterwards, luckily nothing else was triggered. The slope was clearly wind loaded and had tracks at the bottom from days before, but the top was so loaded that no tracks were visible. There is a video on instagram but I am not able to post it here
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