Avalanche: Monitors

Observer Name
Mark White
Observation Date
Monday, March 1, 2010
Avalanche Date
Monday, March 1, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Depth
8"
Width
70'
Vertical
600'
Comments

Very warm, clear skies no wind, nice day in the hills good skiing. Point release wet slides initiated in the south east facing rocks in west monitor, entrained a good amount of snow. ran about 600ft . 10200 elevation Point releases started in the east, south east facing rocks and entrained snow on NE aspects no cracking or collapsing observed none Settled medium density snow, all off aspects got wet. Zipper crust on NE centerpunch of west monitor by 3:00 PM right of the top. Would expect high north to be the call for tommorrow No pockets of considerable observed. Snow pack lacked buried.. surface hoar

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