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Observer Name
Lemieux
Observation Date
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Avalanche Date
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » West Monitor
Location Name or Route
West Monitor
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
15"
Width
200'
Comments
I remotely triggered this slide while performing a slope cut several hundred feet above on an adjacent low angle slope. The slope cut did not produce any results on the immediate area I was going to ski and I did not hear any collapsing nor did I see any cracking. I did not notice the avalanche until I was skiing 1/2 way down the slope. I looked on my right and saw the large and long running slide that ran all the way down to the flats below. I estimate this slide to be 200' wide and 600' long. It broke along a shallow rocky area several hundred feet below the ridgeline on the PWL / new snow interface.
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