Observer Name
Second hand report
Observation Date
Friday, February 26, 2010
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 26, 2010
Region
Ogden » Taylor Canyon
Elevation
7,500'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Surface Hoar
Depth
18"
Width
500'
Vertical
1,750'
Comments
Reported by a person who followed this group.
A group of 8 people skied out-of-bounds from Snowbasin down Malans and Taylor Canyon. They triggered a very large avalanche 1.5' deep x 500 wide and ran 1600 vertical. Instead of descending the avalanche path, they skied an identical avalanche path next to it, which had not yet slide. He also noticed another avalanche lower in that canyon that may have been triggered sympathetically by the original avalanche or by the skiers.
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