Observer Name
Trent Meisenheimer
Observation Date
Friday, February 26, 2010
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 26, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Mineral Fork
Location Name or Route
Mineral Fork
Elevation
9,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
30°
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
2'
Width
80'
Vertical
150'
Comments
So after seeing this we decided to make sure the terrain we skied would be lower angle and managable. But we still triggered FOUR avalanches on the buried surface hoar. They were about 2 feet deep 50-100 ft wide. The avalanches we triggered were on very managable hills. If you were to trigger one of the monsters on say an unmanagable hill it would be bad.
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