Avalanche: Ogden

Observer Name
Bill Brandt
Observation Date
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Avalanche Date
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Region
Ogden
Location Name or Route
Elevation
Unknown
Aspect
Trigger
Unknown
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

Rodeo Ridge Partly sunny NW winds. 30+ slides of varying sizes. Slide activity from the valley floor to the ridge where you can look into Ogden. Naturals which triggered other naturals. Debris running down gullies and pulling out the side walls in multiple spots. 8-24 inch crowns. These were failing on the rime crust which was buried by 6-8 inches of new snow and then this would fail on the surface hoar which was buried by the last storm cycle. Ski cuts easily pulled out. Continuous cracking and collapsing along the whole skin track from the bottom of Test hill to the top of Rodeo Ridge. Shooting cracks on anything over 30 degrees. CT3 on rime crust 28 degree slope. ECT 12- 14 on buried surface hoar. Some transport but heard there was more on Cutler Ridge. Graupel on top. Lighter snow underneath. Skiing was punchy. Two layers were problematic. 1- rime crust 4-8 inches down. 2- buried surface 12-24 inches down. I think it will stay weak for a while. Maybe some warm temps would destroy these layers. Pucker factor- ski down near the skin track.

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