Observer Name
Staples
Observation Date
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 18, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine » Red Baldy
Location Name or Route
West side of Red Baldy
Elevation
10,600'
Aspect
West
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
12"
Width
30'
Vertical
150'
Comments
Found this slide on Saturday that was maybe triggered on Thursday or Friday. Looks like someone was skinning up the west side of Red Baldy and triggered it while going up. It looks like a few other fresh drifts had cracked but did not slide prior to this. It didn't look like anyone was caught.
Trent and I spotted pretty good plumes of wind blown snow Thursday morning from North winds. Today (Saturday) we walked on a few wind drifts and didn't get any cracking. It was pretty simple today with "go anywhere" conditions, just avoid fresh drifts which weren't very widespread.
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