Observer Name
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Observation Date
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Avalanche Date
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » No Name Bowl
Location Name or Route
No Name Bowl
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
10"
Width
30'
Vertical
450'
Comments
This avalanche was triggered by walking along the top of the slope, it popped out as a slab then gouged down to the ground in the loose facets. I was expecting it to propagate into the main bowl but there was not enough of a connective slab for propagation YET, I would expect that to change with more snow and wind in the forecast. The only part of the bowl to have a slab seemed to be the wind exposed top, but that might just be semantics by tomorrow.
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