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Avalanche: Alta Ski Area

M. Williams, J. JarrellSalt Lake
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Avalanche

Slab Width
5 m
Trigger Type
Skier
Slab Thickness
41 cm
Start Zone Aspect
Southeast
Start Zone Elevation
2804 m

At the bottom of East Greeley at Alta we saw a small (10-15 feet tall), but obviously wind-loaded rollover. Skiing on top of the rollover to descend a lower angle side of the slope triggered the slide one foot below and to the side of me. It ended up being about 15-20 feet wide wind slab, and about 16 inches deep. Seems to have broken at the new snow / old snow interface. The bed surface near the crown was 41 degrees.