Observer Name
Trent P.
Observation Date
Friday, October 15, 2021
Avalanche Date
Friday, October 15, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Albion Basin
Location Name or Route
Alta Albion Basin
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Skier
Depth
6"
Width
20'
Snow Profile Comments
Variable base depths with significant density discrepancies between the storms on 12/13th and the one on the 14th. Some slab-like chatacteristics of those top 8 or so inches and some spots of moderate wind loading below the ridgeline on those east faces also noted on the uphill. (Picture: High Greely area 8:25am)
Comments
Small soft slab initiated by a skiier in a party behind mine that dropped earlier near High Greely. Noticed the slide as we came down our line ~9:47am. No one seemed to be caught and if they did, skiied out. Also noticed some similar activity but with a much longer and slightly wider runout on the southeast side of the same hill (pictures taken around ~1:03pm), this one looking more like a natural slide. (Pictures: 1 Greely skiier triggered slide, 2 same skiier triggered picture better zoom, 3 Natural Slide SE aspect, 4 same natural slide better zoom
