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Avalanche: Raymond Slabs

Observation Date
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Avalanche Date
Monday, January 20, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon » Porter Fork » Raymond Slabs
Location Name or Route
Piece-o-pie Mt. Raymond
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Repeater
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Gliding Snow
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3.5'
Width
125'
Vertical
800'
Comments

Walked up under Mt. Raymond today.

Found very interesting snow. That discussion is in the observation.

Noticed the rock slab which makes up the east side of the piece-o-pie run had released down to the bare rock. Other crowns could be seen from the last storm on the rest of the rock slabs.

Of interest were a set of tracks from a skier and snowboarder who had descended into the area via the summit of Mt. Raymond through a gully that was west facing. Hard to tell it the riders were there yesterday (1/20) or on Sunday.

Debris pile was fresh so assume it ran Monday night or early today (Tuesday).

2nd photo taken on Sunday morning with yawning glide crack prior to release - photo Erik Kish-Trier

Comments

Some may be mocking the persistent reminder of the UAFC that there is still large consequence possibilities out there but I know of at least two people who were lucky this week. Always better to be lucky than good.

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