Observer Name
Grant Helgeson
Observation Date
Friday, March 5, 2010
Avalanche Date
Friday, March 5, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Parleys Canyon » Lambs Canyon
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
70'
Vertical
125'
Comments
Super Interesting avalanche. The slide did NOT gouge down to the buried surface hoar layer. It failed on a NSF/Surface hoar combo layer about 3" above the February 8 - 10th layers. Fascinating from a snow geek perspective.
Comments
NOTE: In the video I mis-label the Feb 8 - 10th Surface Hoar/NSF layer as a Jan. 28th layer.
Video
Coordinates