Observer Name
Conover
Observation Date
Monday, January 9, 2017
Avalanche Date
Monday, January 9, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Scotties Bowl
Location Name or Route
White Pine
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
West
Slope Angle
36°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
12"
Width
150'
Vertical
300'
Comments
We were ascending the ridge line that splits Scotties Bowl from West Scotties. We noticed shooting cracks propagating ~100ft and walked around the ridge to the West Scotties area above Scotties notch and saw that we had triggered an avalanche. We walked a few steps up the ridge and triggered another similar in character that peeled off into Scotties proper. The slide ran on a mix of graupel and storm snow (guessing prefrontal from yesterday afternoon). Crown ranged from 8 to 14in or so. 1F over F hardness. HS ASr R2 D2. Classic touchy windslab.
