Observer Name
John Climaco
Observation Date
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Avalanche Date
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » PC Iron Mountain
Location Name or Route
Iron Mountain
Elevation
8,700'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
26°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Dry Loose
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Width
25'
Vertical
150'
Comments
I triggered a small sluff/side on the E/SE aspect of iron mt at 8500'. I'd noticed sluffing during the skin but nothing alarming. A hard turn released the slide which I did not feel or observe at the time as I fortunately skied away from its path. When I returned to my skin track I found a section of it in the trees buried to a dept of roughly 4'. It ran on the hard snow layer and probably could have caught me had I happened to turn into it.
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