Avalanche: Pioneer Bowl

Observation Date
Friday, December 6, 2013
Avalanche Date
Friday, December 6, 2013
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Pioneer Bowl
Location Name or Route
Girl Chute/Lower B Bowl in the Pioneer Bowl area
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Unknown
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
Unknown
Width
150'
Vertical
350'
Comments

When ascending the Dog Lake Ridge Line on Friday around 1200, our party noticed a slide that appeared to have occurred either much earlier in the day and or during the previous day. Time unknown. Slide not reported to the Brighton Patrol. Slide appeared to have been imitated by someone entering Girl Chute. Slide was approximately 50 feet wide at the upper crown and when it descended it propagated as it entered the lower bowl area of B bowl. Slide propagated to at least 150 feet wide. It appeared to have run in the same light density weak layer that has been observed over the past few days, 6 to 8 inches down.

PLEASE WHEN YOU SEE AND OR TRIGGER AN AVALANCHE, REPORT IT TO EITHER ALTA CENTRAL AND OR THE LOCAL PATROL.

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