john climaco

Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » No Name Bowl

No Name Bowl

9,100'

East

38°

Skier

Intentionally Triggered

Wet Loose

Wet Snow

Density Change

4"

35'

300'

I ski cut just below the top of No Name Bowl today around noon and set off 3 shallow wet snow slides, one after the other. While they were only a few inches deep and moved slowly, they each picked up a very large mass of snow which would have easily knocked over a skier (see video). After watching the last of these slide to a stop I skied a slightly lower angle line to the North of the last slide, toward the center of the bowl, without incident. Although relatively benign looking, the it was clear this kind of slide could cause injury were it to come down on you while on the slope. Respect is in order.