Avalanche: West Monitor

Observer Name
White, Kobernik
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » West Monitor
Location Name or Route
West Monitor
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
35°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
13"
Width
60'
Vertical
800'
Comments

Actually saw four different distinct slides in West Monitor, they were all between 60 to 100ft wide about a foot deep and triggered by cornice falls. They were all wind slabs that ran on the old hard bed surface from before this weeks storms. They all ran to the flats, but the slide on the more E-SE facing ran the farthest, a good ways out onto the flats, thinking it ran further because the bed surface was a ice sheet and the slope was around 38 degrees in steepness. We think they all ran around the same time this morning when the PI rates were high after the front, and during the period when the wind spiked. Photos, Pics were tough to get but got a few of, two of the slides, when you put them all together they pretty much took out 80 percent of the bowl.

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