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Avalanche: Pioneer Ridge

Observation Date
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Avalanche Date
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Pioneer Ridge
Location Name or Route
Pioneer ridge
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
34°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
50'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments
all #ers are guestimates from a top and side view Thought I could ridge skin pio to the dog lake sub ridge and ski it out w/out triggering a slide. Was wrong. Skicut at top released slab that continued to pull pockets of wind slab and most of existing snowpack to ground to dog lake flats. Didn't do much post incident investigation, no secret as to the culprit, needed to down climb a bit to stay back from cornices on subridge and avoid other possible unintentional avvies. No obvious other than overall poor snowpack structure instabilities observed on pioneer ridge pre avvy or subridge post Thanks to b right on patrol for offers of assistance and checking it out from the bottom. Enjoy your holidays in a thankful manner top view
Comments
side view
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likely suspects
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