Observer Name
Dustin
Observation Date
Monday, December 19, 2016
Avalanche Date
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Pioneer Peak
Location Name or Route
Pioneer Peak
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Northwest
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
2'
Width
300'
Vertical
500'
Comments
Was looking at this slide from above the lakes. Seemed pretty fresh and I don't see it on the avy list yet. Thinking maybe a natural from the period of North winds during the last storm. Guessing based on my pit today that the failure was on the interface of the heavy wet snow and the drier snow from after the cold front passage on Friday, or possibly some NSF from prior to the storm. Tough to really tell from across the way. Graupel seemed to be a player in the failure planes in my pit. This slide released directly underneath the White Cliffs and took out all of Martha's Bowl underneath Double Dogleg, running down into the choke above the lake. Will likely be a good candidate to repeat later on.
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