Avalanche: lake Peak

Observer Name
Nalli
Observation Date
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Avalanche Date
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Region
Salt Lake » White Pine Dup » lake Peak
Location Name or Route
White Pine Canyon- Lake Peak
Elevation
10,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Depth
16"
Width
100'
Vertical
400'
Comments

Blustery, windy day in White Pine. Saw this SS-N-R2,D2 on Lake Peak at around 10:30. Despite the slabby nature of the new windblown snow, we saw no other slides and few other signs of instability. Still finding lots of variability in the crust facet combinations and this alone seems to warrant extra caution. Still not really that much of a load on any of these weaknesses.

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