Observation Date
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Avalanche Date
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » East Bowl
Location Name or Route
East bowl silver fork
Elevation
10,400'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
37°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Depth
12"
Width
250'
Vertical
800'
Comments
I stomped on the top edge of the slab just below the rocks at the tip top of the run. It broke at my skis and propagated quite a ways left taking out the new/windloaded snow in the fall line as well as most of the gulley to skiers left. I think it left some hang fire at the top of that one.
The bed surface was soft and skied pretty well
