UDOT PLANNED AVALANCHE CLOSURES!!

Avalanche: Hide A Way Park

Observer Name
Andrew B
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Hide A Way Park
Location Name or Route
Hideaway
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
38°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
12"
Width
15'
Vertical
80'
Comments
Skiing hideaway the snow looked dense so we did a little ski cut at the top this small slide ripped out at the knuckle leading into the chute. Must have been wind affected. Did not dig down much to see exactly what the layer was that it failed on, but it was a density change in the snow. There were a bunch of weird layers going on that the wind slabs were breaking on. My partner Alex also got the chute to crack halfway across without a slide after I had been down already. This avalanche problem seems to be on all aspects and elevations. Later in the day I was causing little slides and cracking on test slopes closer down to the LCC road on the south facing slopes.
Comments
Looking at the crown from below.
Comments
The slide path. Not too far, but could have caused some injuries possibly.
Comments
Here is some cracking from lower down on the south slopes of LCC. We also noticed a larger wind slab that had been triggered near the flagstaff skinner.