Avalanche

Avalanche: Salt Lake

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Quick report

Slope Angle
25°

Avalanche

Slab Width
8 m
Weak Layer
Ground Interface
Trigger Type
Snow Bike
Vertical Fall
9 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Southwest
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
1554 m

Soft slab failed on pollution layer / fertilizer / grass interface. Unintentionally triggered by fat tire snow bicycle. Slide went unnoticed because photographer and bicyclist were looking at the photo of riding powder on a bicycle when a bi-standder sledding in park with his children said "oh wow an Avalanche.." Debris pile was about 2.5 feet deep.. This is not meant to be a joke just an interesting observation as urban avalanches should not go un noted..