Observer Name
W. Shirey
Observation Date
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Avalanche Date
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine » Birthday Chutes
Location Name or Route
Birthday Chutes
Elevation
10,400'
Aspect
Southwest
Slope Angle
33°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
3'
Width
50'
Vertical
60'
Comments
From the moment we started hiking up White Pine canyon we could see a ton of wind transport on the ridge tops. It was blowing consistently all day from the North. We noticed thick hard wind slabs and pillows as we started skiing down the ridge between tri chutes and birthday chutes when we remotely triggered this wind slab. We expected such results but it was still surprising we triggered it from so far away.
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