Observer Name
Agardy
Observation Date
Friday, January 1, 2016
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 1, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mineral Fork
Location Name or Route
East Mineral
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
5"
Width
50'
Vertical
200'
Caught
1
Comments
Extremely windy conditions everywhere in Mineral. Found the only shelter and unaffected snow in the due north trees. Scooted a bit to the northwest low on the decent and triggered slide. While I could not ski off the slab, I was not carried more than a few feet, yet the bulk of the activity to my left continued a few hundred feet downslope. Only myself to blame here - knowing the top few inches was potentially reactive off of the due north, I attempted anyway to travel a bit more west.. whoops. No photos.
Also noted two naturals on the same layer across the canyon down low in Mongo No, appeared to be 1-3' , 50' wide, 100' vert.
Our snow pit at 9.500 N 40 degrees showed no results on ECT. 125 cm depth.
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