Avalanche: Sheep Shit Ridge

Observer Name
E. Murray
Observation Date
Friday, December 17, 2021
Avalanche Date
Friday, December 17, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon » Sheep Shit Ridge
Location Name or Route
Sheep shit ridge/ Nordic park
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
1,500'
Comments
Remotely triggered a large slab that propagated through most of the ridge into Nordic park. The slab was 4F + at the bottom and fist at the top. This slab failed on the November drought facets sitting on top of a deteriorating crust.
As we approached the ridge we noticed that the skiers left side had gone natural sometime during the night and as we moved towards the PC ridgeline got a large booming whompf. As we peered over the edge noticed we triggered a sizable avalanche. We continued along the ridge realizing that the initial collapse propagated about a quarter mile up towards the PC ridge leaving large blocks of debris. Crown size varied from 2 feet to 4 feet.
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