Observer Name
W. Noel Stewart
Observation Date
Monday, March 4, 2013
Avalanche Date
Monday, March 4, 2013
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Superior
Location Name or Route
Superior
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Southeast
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
16"
Width
150'
Vertical
500'
Comments
Party of one coming down Superior at about 4:15 pm broke soft slab, possibly a wind slab? It broke all the way across the ski cut. It was a relatively steep area in the gulch. It started slowly but then broke deeper and ran quite a distance breaking out some large chunks. Of course anything that breaks on on Superior is going to run 500 ft. The rest of the mountain all the way down was good. A little crust in a few places, maybe where it will have some propensity to break and run?