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Avalanche: White Pine

Observer Name
Colin
Observation Date
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Avalanche Date
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine
Location Name or Route
Trees just east of Tri Chutes
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
30°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
3"
Width
50'
Vertical
40'
Comments
Poking around in the upper White Pine basin and found lots of touchy wind slabs that released 20 to 50 feet above me. Nothing of consequence on the slopes I was on but I imagine on a big wide open wind loaded slope they could be pretty damaging. From across the valley I saw the whole face between Glacier Peak and Lake Peak had released naturally with a similar wind slab. Looked like a much bigger crown 1 or 2 feet? You have to zoom in on the second picture to see it.
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