Avalanche: West Monitor

Observer Name
White, Kobernik
Observation Date
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Avalanche Date
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » West Monitor
Location Name or Route
West Monitor
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
18"
Width
700'
Vertical
800'
Comments

Skiers right side of West Monitor, remotely triggered from quite a distance away, walking along the flats felt a large collapse and with how the day was going figured there would be an avalanche. We were too far away to see the slide but just kept our eyes peeled on the run out, sure enough spotted a large powder cloud in the bottom of the bowl. When we got to where we could see the actual slide noted that the week layer was facets on the ground, took out the whole seasons snow pack. Numerous pockets comprised this large avalanche. Snow pack was not happy today, all the slides noted were set off remotely from a good distance away on flat terrain.

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