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Avalanche: Yellow Jacket

Observer Name
Tyler v
Observation Date
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon » Yellow Jacket
Location Name or Route
Yellow jacket trees
Elevation
9,300'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Skier
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
3'
Width
500'
Comments
Went up to ski the west facing yellow jacket trees, and on the way up my partner and I remotely triggered the avalanche from about 15 feet away while skinning on the ridge. It was obvious that wind had been transporting a lot of snow from the southwest side of the ridge and depositing it onto the other side of the ridge which slid. The crown height was about 2-4 feet deep depending on differing areas of wind loading. I didn't get a great view of the entire slide, but estimate it was around 500 feet wide. Once we got to the top of the trees via the ridge there were massive cornices that blocked us from safely getting to the west facing trees so we skied back down the ridge. Also failed to get a picture, but there appeared to be a few hundred foot wide natural avalanche on the main face of gobblers.
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