Avalanche: Emma Ridges

Observer Name
Kendall Card
Observation Date
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Avalanche Date
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Emma Ridges
Location Name or Route
Elevation
9,200'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Depth
12"
Width
50'
Vertical
125'
Comments

Went out skiing this morning along the Days Fork ridgeline. We skied a few of the chutes like Jaws and the adjacent lines. Each line had sensitive slabs near the top ranging from 4-12" deep but easily detected and cut prior to skiing the chutes. On the way back down one of the Emma ridges while on the ridge I skied just a hair into the edge of the gully 1/2 way down from the ridge to the LCC road it cut a 12-14" deep slab about 50' wide which cut the wall of the gully and ran about 125' until stopping in the gully. As predicted and foretasted, cross-loading happened. The snow was heavy and the zipper crust was manageable when we skied it around 9:30am.

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