Avalanche: Lake Peak

Observer Name
mb
Observation Date
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine » Lake Peak
Location Name or Route
White Pine / Red Pine
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Skier
Depth
6"
Width
Unknown
Comments
Sorry for the late observation. Travel was up Red Pine to No Name Baldy, White Baldy, Lake Chute back down White Pine. Numerous shallow, slow-moving sluffs initiated with ski cuts on Lake Shot off No Name Baldy, these were spooky with the extremely poor visibility but not packing a lot of punch. Sluffing and soft slabs as well on N face of White Baldy and a small soft slab triggered by a skier I watched descent Lake Chute into White Pine fork. Upon entering White Pine, noticed what appeared to be a significant number of natural sluffs that had released in the Glacier Bowl area. Sluffing was manageable but you really couldn't ski anything over ~35 degrees up in the alpine without triggering something.