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Avalanche: Emma Ridges

Observer Name
SD
Observation Date
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Emma Ridges
Location Name or Route
Emma #4
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
South
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
2'
Width
Unknown
Comments
I was skiing solo and was noticing isolated spots where the storm slab was very reactive, and other spots that were just sluffing. On my second lap I skied down about 600' and looked back and saw a big cloud of snow chasing me down, I cut hard left out of it's path, I estimate it ran about 500', possibly longer. I expect any instabilities on solar aspects to settle by 2/23, the reactive slabs seemed very isolated.
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