Observer Name
Cade
Observation Date
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Avalanche Date
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Region
Skyline » Ephraim Canyon
Location Name or Route
Ephraim Canyon
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Snowmobiler
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
70'
Vertical
40'
Comments
See Video of Avalanche Below.
This Avalanche was remotely triggered by a snowmobiler climbing on the adjacent slope. Snowmobiler felt the snow collapse and shooting cracks propogated to the adjacent hill and caused the avalanche to release at the ground level.
Comments
A separate avalanche was unintentionally triggered by a snowmobiler. This avalanche triggered into the old facet snow layer from the January Cold spell. This was in relatively the same area, but was a little larger.
Video
Coordinates