Observer Name
Brackelsberg
Observation Date
Friday, February 25, 2022
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 25, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Parleys Canyon » Mt Aire
Location Name or Route
Mt Aire Vicinity
Elevation
7,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
32°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Intentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
6"
Width
80'
Vertical
20'
Snow Profile Comments
New snow was sitting on top of a hard wind slab with loose faceted snow below it. These facets were sitting on top of a hard crust from the January dry spell.
Comments
We ascended a low angle ridge up from Lambs Canyon and experience significant cracking and large collapses. There was very poor snowpack structure with a wind slab on top of very loose faceted snow. We triggered this small avalanche on our exit. We had cracking and avalanches that did not slide on the low angle slope throughout our exit. We were very surprised with the poor snowpack structure at this low elevation. We started at 6000' and didn't climb above 7200'.
Red Flags Observed
- Cracking/Collapsing
- Wind drifted snow
The included video is the quick pit we did on the ridge we ascended. The 2 images in the video are some of the cracks we initiated.
The additional photos are the small slide that we triggered.
Video
Coordinates