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Observer Name
M. Williams, J. Jarrell
Observation Date
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Alta Ski Area
Location Name or Route
Alta - Bottom of East Greeley
Elevation
9,200'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Skier
Depth
16"
Width
15'
Comments
At the bottom of East Greeley at Alta we saw a small (10-15 feet tall), but obviously wind-loaded rollover. Skiing on top of the rollover to descend a lower angle side of the slope triggered the slide one foot below and to the side of me. It ended up being about 15-20 feet wide wind slab, and about 16 inches deep. Seems to have broken at the new snow / old snow interface. The bed surface near the crown was 41 degrees.