Observer Name
Aaron Barnett
Observation Date
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 31, 2019
Region
Ogden » Powder Mountain Backcountry
Location Name or Route
Thunderdome
Elevation
8,200'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
10"
Width
100'
Comments
A ski guide was preforming a ski cut on a N aspect today at 8,200'. They triggered a reactive soft slab that was 100 feet wide and ran 500 feet long. It ran on a knife hard melt freeze crust. This crust formed overnight when the old moist snow froze hard. Multiple ski cuts were preformed on similar slopes with no result. This avalanche had good spatial continuity that did not exist in other start zones.
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