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Avalanche: No Name Bowl

Observer Name
jt
Observation Date
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Avalanche Date
Sunday, April 23, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » No Name Bowl
Location Name or Route
No Name Bowl 40.63445, -111.56349
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Depth
4"
Width
30'
Comments
Descended No Name Bowl at around 9:45 with the first couple of turns initiating sloughing that quickly entrained enough of the top layer of new snow to become a wet-loose avalanche. Fortunately it was slow moving and narrow permitting me to stay in front of the avalanche for several hundred feet before feeling a push at my tail giving me a chance to head out of the path despite my partner’s yelling much early that I did not hear. Other similar aspects along the PC ridge-line (Scott Hill, South Monitor) also revealed skier and natural wet-loose activity.
9700’ 40.63445, -111.56349 NE aspect
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