Observer Name
Mr and Dr Hopkins
Observation Date
Friday, February 21, 2025
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 21, 2025
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Superior
Location Name or Route
Superior
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Skier
Depth
4"
Width
35'
Comments
I have bad luck with Mount Superior. We continually triggered heavy sluffy slides at our feet as we made our way down fresh snow on the looker's right side of main Superior. One small slide came down from above us, triggered from a party setting up there kites to fly off the summit (thank you for calling out to us.)
With the 8am opening time of the terrain, there was a narrow window to ski safely. (Thank you UAC for all your mitigation work!) We were of the first to ski down and when we looked back up at the mountain from Snowbird, no parties appeared to be on the summit, and no additional slides seem to have been triggered.
Some of the slides ran over 500 feet and had energy. No good avalanche pictures because we were racing against the sun, but in the one pic you can see that the 4" of fresh snow has slid away anywhere we skied.
Forecaster Comment: UAC has no say or responsibility in control work throughout the state. This work was done by the Utah Depatment of Transportation.
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