Avalanche: Red Baldy

Observer Name
Cone
Observation Date
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Avalanche Date
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine » Red Baldy
Location Name or Route
Icefall
Elevation
11,100'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Skier
Depth
4"
Width
30'
Comments
while kicking cornii during pre-ski evaluation, the team had a small (2"x30') windslab pullout on the headwall of icefall. The slab seemed to not have a lot of energy, but did have enough cohesiveness to give us pause. The team was happy to not get surprised when the snow adjacent to the original slide reacted the same upon entry ski cut.
This was relatively in line with expectations, as other (likely intra-storm) activity was noted off the same Ridgeline at same elevation, same aspect.
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