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Avalanche: No Name Bowl

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Friday, January 10, 2014
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 10, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » No Name Bowl
Location Name or Route
No Name Bowl, PC Ridgeline
Elevation
9,200'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Depth
2"
Width
150'
Vertical
400'
Comments

Headed up from Solitude today to see if No Name had avalanched. No Name has the weakest snow I've seen this year, top to bottom facets so I though there might be a good chance. Upon arrival to No Name we could tell that the skiers right side of the bowl had avalanched during the storm but it kinda looked like new snow only. We walked down the ridge to where the bowl wrapped around to east facing and dropped a cornice ( no one was in the area), the cornice triggered a shallow and narrow new snow slide that did not have much energy but when it dribbled down the hill it remotely triggered a pocket way down on the last 100ft of the slope to the ground which intern triggered a larger avalanche in the main bowl. The larger slides crown was about 200ft down off the ridge line, mid slope. The crown was 2 to 3ft deep 150ft wide and went to the dirt, and the debris traveled quite a distance on the flats at the bottom . Could have easily buried a person. Photos Main slide, crown, bed surface, flank and debris, both pockets.