Observer Name
Emily
Observation Date
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Avalanche Date
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Alta Ski Area » East Greeley
Location Name or Route
East Greeley
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Snowboarder
Depth
8"
Width
150'
Comments
Had just finished our second lap down looker's right of Thirds/just to skiier's right coming out of Piss Pass. Was waiting for partner in the flats below, partner made it down when we had just heard a skiier yell "avalanche" and proceeded to move further out into the flats. Skiier who had just come down indicated that no one was buried, he saw the other person who he had talked to on the ridgeline was still up there. A few minutes later, that skiier dropped in approx 50 feet lookers right of the first trigger point and caused a second avalanche that they skiied out of. Ridgeline where triggers occured was windloaded. Sun had popped for a couple of minutes, this was around 2:30 pm and it had been mostly cloudy and snowing for the day. Area had been skiied but noted that didn't see any other tracks coming down from the cornice/ridgeline. The other skiier reported this to ASP. Note: Not sure if they'll submit a report here as well. Also I'm not positive about the depth or width- put down my best approximation.
Comments
Via Josh - 2nd Skier dropped off High Greeley ridge and skied 40 yards down to some rocks/small chutes and the avalanche broke. 3 skiers down the path but far enough away that they could move out of the path after I yelled to get their attention. Skier was able to get around the rocks and traverse across the bowl to safety however he did cause a 2nd slide that broke along the same line as the first. At this point he was above it and able to continue out to safety.