Avalanche: Uintas

Observer Name
Ted Scroggin
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Avalanche Date
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Region
Uintas
Location Name or Route
Super Bowl/Moffit Basin
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
37°
Trigger
Snowmobiler
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
12"
Width
100'
Vertical
150'
Comments

I lumped together 4 separate slides in the Super Bowl that are all on northeast aspects, above 10,000', failed on surface hoar, appeared to be snowmobile triggered and are at least 1-2 days old.

Comments

The buried surface hoar was easily observed on the flank of this slide in Super Bowl.

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