Observer Name
Craig Gordon
Observation Date
Monday, March 18, 2013
Avalanche Date
Monday, March 18, 2013
Region
Uintas » Bear River Ranger District » Bear River West Fork » Moffit Peak SE Face
Location Name or Route
Moffit Peak
Elevation
10,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Cornice
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2.5'
Width
50'
Vertical
1,000'
Caught
1
Carried
1
Comments
A very experienced local surfed a large piece of cornice that breaks behind him above a steep chute on Moffit Peak. The bus sized piece of snow pulls out a 2-3 ft deep x 50 ft wide hard slab that runs nearly 1000 ft vertically with the skier on board for the entire ride channeling his inner Laird Hamilton self. Fortunately all ends well.
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