Observer Name
MS
Observation Date
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 18, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mineral Fork » Highline
Location Name or Route
Highline
Elevation
9,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Depth
11"
Width
50'
Vertical
300'
Comments
Our group of 3 ascended to the top of Highline in Mineral Fork. We discussed the strong westerly winds that were loading the NE-facing slopes as we got to the ridge. To the lookers left in the video, we didn't see any signs of a wind slab. Rider 1 dropped in to the lookers left, did a ski cut, and had no results. Rider 2 dropped in along the same path as Rider 1 without any results either. Rider 3 decided to go lookers right where the terrain was steeper and had obvious signs of wind loading. Rider 3 dropped in to do a ski cut and immediately released a soft wind slab that ran a couple hundred feet down the slope.
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