Observer Name
Ryan Mitchell & Jon S
Observation Date
Friday, January 3, 2020
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 3, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Microwave
Location Name or Route
North end of microwave East of the Alta summer road.
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
Southwest
Trigger
Snowboarder
Depth
18"
Width
60'
Comments
A cohesive layer of snow about 18 inches deep slid roughly 150 feet on a crust layer likely formed during the warm cycle just prior to the recent storm.
As party of two was booting with verts up subridge, they triggered this slab in the adjacent chute. Slab released on new-old snow interface. Fortunately no one was caught or carried. Slide ran several hundred yards
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