Observer Name
Elliott
Observation Date
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Avalanche Date
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Red Pine Gulch » Upper Red Pine
Location Name or Route
Lake Shot
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Natural
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
Graupel
Depth
3'
Width
500'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments
Lake Shot avalanched in the last couple of days. Ripped across the entire feature. If you look closely in the photo there is a lower crown underneath the cliff band in the middle of the run.
We skied up to the crown. At that point, the crown was about 3 feet. It was quite windy above 10k and snow was starting to cover the crown and bed surface. We observed a graupel layer at the depth of the crown.
The ridge was heavily corniced, and directly above the slide the cornice seemed be broken, which is what we expect the trigger was. We expect the slab to have been formed from the series of storms over the last week plus wind loading this slope.
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