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Avalanche: West Monitor

Observer Name
Kobernik
Observation Date
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » West Monitor
Location Name or Route
Elevation
Unknown
Aspect
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
2,500'
Vertical
900'
Comments

This was one of the bigger human triggered avalanches I've seen. It was triggered from a splitboarder in a safe spot along the ridg

Comments

The debris ran to the trees at the very bottom of the runnout zone.

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