Observer Name
Brooks B
Observation Date
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Avalanche Date
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine » Lake Peak
Location Name or Route
Lake Chute, White Pine
Elevation
10,700'
Aspect
East
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
16"
Width
150'
Vertical
800'
Comments
With new snow and winds we figured if we did something steep we wanted something that could be very effectively ski cut. This worked out as planned.
Comments
Of greater interest was a very large deep collapse we experienced on West facing West Scotties before our exit out Scottie's bowl. The smattering of deep slabs over the past couple of weeks we attributed to outliers associated with explosives or glide avalanches. This definitely was neither and will lead me to treat threats of wet deep slabs with the type of respect that I have for dry deep slabs.