Avalanche: Sun Dial

Observer Name
Tyson Bradley
Observation Date
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mill B South » Sun Dial
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Unknown
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
12"
Width
100'
Vertical
200'
Comments

I spoke with Tyson this afternoon and he told me of two avalanches his party triggered. They had skied upper Mill B South for a good portion of the day and were working down to lower elevations. They expected to find surface hoar as they were getting into the mid elevations and sure enough. One slide was triggered while skinning confirming the presence of surface hoar. They then decided it was time to not mess around with any significant slopes. They skied a conservative line. The 3rd skier triggered a pocket that also ran on surface hoar. No one was caught in either slide and they were quite aware of the situation and were trying to mitigate it appropriately.

Kobernik

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