Observer Name
Ryan Shea
Observation Date
Friday, December 2, 2022
Avalanche Date
Friday, December 2, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Snake Creek » Ant Knolls
Location Name or Route
Snake Creek - Ant Knolls area
Elevation
9,500'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Natural
Depth
10"
Width
125'
Comments
was sledding in Snake Creek and noticed the East facing shoulder of Ant Knolls dropped some business. Appears that it had 3-4 start areas but ultimately connected on lower 1/2 of the face. Ran maybe 300-400 vert and maybe 125 wide across all start points.Appears to be storm snow that went which was 10-12".
As we sledded up breaking trail on flat area, noticed many shooting cracks even on almost flat terrain.
Dug a pitt pre-storm and there was a slab forming on 20-30cm of faceted snow. A really bad setup for this past storm which tipped the scale. Snow depth on meadows and trees was 3-5 ft in this zone, but appeared somewhat less on the face that avalanched
