Avalanche: Dutch Draw

Observation Date
Friday, December 20, 2013
Avalanche Date
Friday, December 20, 2013
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Dutch Draw
Location Name or Route
Dutch Draw
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Depth
2.5'
Width
100'
Comments

No information from the party that triggered the slide, but reported that no one was caught. All details are approximate. Photos - thanks to Ryan Cutter.

New comments by Chase Stewart:

This slope and adjacent slopes had been skied 15-20 times the day before. Yesterday, the exact slope had 6 sets of tracks from people skiing it the previous 3 hours. There were 8-10 sets of tracks on adjacent slopes. At around noon the breeze picked up and clouds rolled over, creating a slight greenhouse effect. Our party of 5 saw our first obvious large-spread collapsing and cracking around 1:30. We had upper Main MacDonald's Draw spider-web about the same time as Dutch's released. Don't know whether Dutch's Draw was directly skier released. Went to the foot of the slide and did a transceiver search but got nothing.