Observer Name
BG
Observation Date
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Avalanche Date
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » East Bowl
Location Name or Route
West facing East Bowl
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
West
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
12"
Width
150'
Buried - Partly
1
Comments
My partner and I skied into East Bowl at 12:30. We witnessed two remotely triggered very small (6"x10') soft slabs when looking back upon our tracks. We decided to avoid the lower terrain trap and ascend back through East bowl pass.
On our ascent we remotely triggered the pictured slide. It washed over one of us. That skier was able to stand throughout the event but was buried to his calves. The other skier saw the event coming before it hit, called out "Avalanche" and began to skin downhill at a 45 degree angle. That skier was knocked off his feet as the slide came to a halt around him. Neither skier was hurt.
We completed our ascent through the slide bed skinning and booting as necessary to avoid hangfire. Upon reaching safety, slide was called in to Alta patrol
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