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Avalanche: Meadows

Observer Name
anon
Observation Date
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » Meadows
Location Name or Route
meadows aka meadow chutes
Elevation
8,800'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
10"
Width
80'
Vertical
200'
Comments
We triggered a soft slab at the lower rollover in the meadow chutes. Was slow moving and probably not big enoug h to bury someone. Was cocnerning because we had identified the rollover as an area ofconcern at the outset of our tour but by the time we got there we had let our guard down.
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