Observer Name
Steven Sadler
Observation Date
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mill D North » Powder Park
Location Name or Route
Powder Park
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
34°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Depth Hoar
Depth
7'
Width
100'
Vertical
200'
Comments
Went to Powder Park this morning for some safe, low angle skiing and happened upon this. Crown ranged from 2 feet to 7 feet at the deepest point. Some very large chunks of rock hard snow slid down 30-40 feet and the smaller stuff slid a couple hundred feet into the trees. Not sure the peaks name but it was on the North face of the peak between Powder Park and Desolation Lake. Broke to the ground and seems to have happened late in the previous snow since the slide layer didn't have much new snow. Looks to me like wind blown snow overloaded the sugary snow at the ground off she went.
Comments
As you can see the crown is well above my head and I am 6'2" tall.
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