Avalanche: Salt Lake

Observer Name
Harris
Observation Date
Friday, February 26, 2010
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 26, 2010
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
Lake Peak
Elevation
10,700'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
39°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
4"
Width
20'
Vertical
Unknown
Comments

We noticed this goat-triggered avalanche on a SE slope near the summit of Lake Peak. The avalanche looked to be ~100 wide and ran for about 400'

Comments

At this entrance we lopped a Gene Simmons tongue of a cornice, sending several hundred pounds of snow to the bottom but failed to trigger a slab avalanche. Upon looking over the edge we noticed a nearly buried crown line, though it was hard to guess it's age or on which weak layer it had failed.

Comments

Ski cutting into most north-facing side of the gully, I triggered a shallow soft slab of freshly wind-deposited snow. By late morning the wind was transporting significant amounts of storm snow, though most new deposits were F to 4F hand hardness.

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