Observer Name
dmar
Observation Date
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Avalanche Date
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Gad Valley
Location Name or Route
Snowbird, Election
Elevation
9,200'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
32°
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
12"
Width
100'
Vertical
200'
Comments
lots of collapsing heading up towards gad 2 chair at the bird...so I walked towards the edge here to see if I could get anything to release and sure enough...location right shoulder off Election...NE-E aspects apx 100+ft wide running about 200ft, slope angle apx 32
triggered from where they are standing below [img]http://farm7.static.flickr.com
new dense snow sitting on a crust with facets underneath...new snow looks to be enough to collapse the crust layer and running on facets underneath and some spots to the ground
slide 2; a little further up Election...again walking along the shoulder to see if we can get things to pop....this one was triggered from where the picture was taken about 40ft away, small pocket but a little deeper
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