Avalanche: Flagstaff Ridge

Observer Name
Glew
Observation Date
Friday, February 7, 2014
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 7, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Flagstaff Ridge
Location Name or Route
Flagstaff
Elevation
9,300'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
20"
Width
100'
Comments

Was planning on skiing down the Emma's today and noticed a pocket in the Emma's and one on Flagstaff skinner. Decided to go up and investigate the slide on Flagstaff. Ran into the party who triggered the slide on our way up. They said they triggered it on their way up remotely. It seemed to be a wind loaded pocket that may have stepped down. We didn't go look at the crown as planned. We went up pole line pass and didn't see any other activity. We did not experience any collapsing or cracking. However there was significant wind blowing in our tracks between runs.