Avalanche: South Monitor Bowl

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Avalanche Date
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » South Monitor Bowl
Location Name or Route
South Monitor Bowl
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
12"
Width
50'
Vertical
700'
Comments
I was looking at the crown of another avalanche just up the ridge and when I pulled my head out of the hole I noticed that someone had just triggered this slide in the center punch of the bowl. When I got there to look at it the person was gone and there were tracks down the debris. The skiers left side of the bowl had already been skied fairly hard, that being said the skiers left is lower angle and gets way less wind loading than the more northerly part, where the slide was triggered.