Avalanche

Avalanche: Scotties Bowl

Cory AkinSalt Lake
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Quick report

Slope Angle
40°

Avalanche

Slab Width
5 m
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Trigger Type
Snowboarder
Vertical Fall
15 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
30 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
North
Avalanche Problem
Wind Slab
Start Zone Elevation
2957 m

My partner and I started near the top of Scotties in White Pine, where the old jeep road coming from the west meets the north facing slide path. She went first, made two turns, looked like it would just slough but then saw the slope fracture above her. It didn't have a lot of energy and as she stopped it easily went past her and the tree she was up against without any issue. Still, we were a little surprised at how sensitive it was and how cleanly it slid. We had not noticed any cracking while skinning up, although there had been recent activity higher above our location I the very steep terrain. This particular feature we were on was also fairly steep and prone to wind loading