Observer Name
Sheen
Observation Date
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Emma Ridges
Location Name or Route
Culps/Emmas - LCC
Elevation
9,500'
Aspect
South
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
15"
Width
10'
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
I was heading to the car off Emma's/Culps area in LCC. I hit a small area where the slope angle obviously increased, so I anticipated I'd get some sloughing. A couple of turns and I was out of the noted zone. Barely a 1; it failed on new storm snow, as expected.
It wasn't enough to knock you off your feet but I thought it'd be good to include the pics to show what was happening directly behind/adjacent to me. A good reminder, given multiple days of getting blanked with sun coupled by new storm snow, to quell the stoke a bit and take it easy over the next few days in high-consequence terrain.
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