Avalanche: West Monitor

Observer Name
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Observation Date
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Monitors » West Monitor
Location Name or Route
West Monitor Bowl
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Natural
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Repeater
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
700'
Vertical
800'
Comments

Thought I'd throw this one up too, I know it was reported but there wasn't much info. The whole bowl went basically wall to wall except the left corner pocket, this slide broke on facets at the ground, you can see grass and dirt in the bed surface, deepest part of the crown was around 4ft. Looks to happened late afternoon yesterday, this is a repeater from the Christmas cycle when it went basically wall to wall. Ran full track into the flats.

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