Avalanche

Avalanche: Uintas

Michael JanulaitisUintas
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Quick report

Slope Angle
37°

Avalanche

Slab Width
8 m
Weak Layer
New Snow
Trigger Type
Skier
Vertical Fall
30 m
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Slab Thickness
15 cm
Trigger Detail
Unintentionally Triggered
Start Zone Aspect
Northeast
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Start Zone Elevation
3048 m

I was out today skiing some relatively steep trees and set off this little slide. The area is wind sheltered and the snow was not slabby. On my way back up I observed the new snow from last night had slid. This is a really small slide but my take-away was that the new snow had not yet bonded and given a larger slope would be too dangerous to ski or ride. Prior to skiing this line I ski cut steeper terrain which also slid. I did not observe any collapses, cracking nor other avalanches in the area. I was, however; able to get some cracking in heavily wind loaded drifts on the ridge line.