Avalanche: Bells Canyon

Observer Name
Zach Grant
Observation Date
Monday, March 1, 2010
Avalanche Date
Monday, March 1, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Bells Canyon
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,200'
Aspect
Southwest
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
2.5'
Width
70'
Vertical
500'
Caught
2
Carried
1
Comments

The party was in Bells Canyon, they determined a safe spot, which 3 members of the party had stopped by, as the 4th member came into the chute, the entire thing slid. Two of the members got off the slab and ended up right at the crown, one of the other members grabbed hold of a tree, the other slid quite a ways down, grabbing onto a tree, until a rather large block came down and smashed him off the tree. After sliding down a little bit further, he was able to dig into the bed surface. This was reported to me by the member of the party who had to grab onto a tree and was hit off by a large block. He reported the crown being 2 feet deep and approximately 50 feet wide.

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