Observation Date
3/5/2013
Observer Name
Hardesty and Wilson
Region
Salt Lake
Location Name or Route
Ridge to the Bowl and back to Alta
See runout below - terrain choices are key when avalanches are possible. It's all about setting yourself up for success in the event your snow evaluation is wrong. Getting caught and carried here (as with yesterday's wind slab off the ridge) does so - you don't end up in a steep gulley, over a cliffband, into a crevasse, raked through trees, etc. Note how the debris spreads out so the chances of full burial are slim.