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Avalanche: west porter

Observer Name
Ezra
Observation Date
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon » west porter
Location Name or Route
West porter
Elevation
8,400'
Aspect
Northwest
Trigger
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
6"
Width
50'
Vertical
250'
Comments
Found myself ascending the ridge between West and Main Porter. Weather started as blizzard, transitioned to sunny and warm and back to blizzard in the two ish something hours I was out. as the blizzard let up, I found a drop in spot, a 50' wide gully. I felt safer dropping rather than the steeper more open slopes I'd just passed thinking they'd likely be more connected. I dropped and did a slope cut to the other side of the terrain feature and saw it break out a couple feet above me. Safely on the other side I watched it entrain a decent amount of snow and traveled probably 250' down until try slope angle mellowed. It did not hit the flats of the uphill track.
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