Observer Name
Reno
Observation Date
Monday, December 27, 2010
Avalanche Date
Monday, December 27, 2010
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mill B South » Dromedary Peak
Location Name or Route
Mill B, Dromedary North east shoulder (bonkers in the sky)
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
10"
Width
60'
Vertical
100'
Carried
1
Comments
While skinning across a north-east aspect on Dromedary's shoulder, encountered a hard wind slab. Naively continued traversing the slope, even though it felt like a slab. The avalanche broke above me and caught one of my skis and carried me to a flat slope 100 feet below. When I came to a stop, pulled by ski out and skied out into Mill B.
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