Observer Name
chester
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Tuscarora
Location Name or Route
tuscarora
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
7"
Width
50'
Vertical
125'
Comments
Highly suspect this will be reported but took a few shots wanted to share photo. Wind slab broke lower off ridge than I would have guessed, but at a spot where the slope got steeper in rocks.
location was between mt Tuscarora and wolverine bowl. Just west of chute Y dumping into Tuscarora bowl.
Note from Craig Gordon... I slope cut this small pocket whilst descending from the saddle between Wolverine and Tuscarora. The shallow soft slab predictably broke below my skis.
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