Observer Name
Observation Date
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon » west porter
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
2'
Width
100'
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
Skiers remotely triggered slab from 50' away on a 25 degree slope. Avalanche broke on much steeper, adjacent slope and it covered a well-used skin track. No one caught. It was 9,000' N facing, 2' x'100 x 200 vertical. Ran on buried surface hoar.
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