Avalanche in fairview today

[Rixster]

Johnny started a small slide today. About 1 to 1.5 feet deep and 30 feet wide. Only went 20-30 feet. It was one big slab of snow sliding down the hill. Really wasnt that steep of a hill either. Just a little bit wind loaded.

Just wanted to post our experience since the avalanche center is only going about once a week now. Please be carefull out there and keep us all posted of the things you see or experience!

 

[Yamadoo04]

any pics, Where was this at?
Thanks for the info

 

[Rixster]

No pics (didnt have a camera with me). It was north skyline just west of the snotel station.

 

[snengineer]

How far off the groomed trail?

 

[Chief]

did you report it to the Avy Center?

The link to the Backcountry Observations form is:

http://utahavalanchecenter.org/submitreport

 

[JohnnyQuestUtah]

Google View

The slide surprised me, I done seen the snow crack right in front of me, right in line with my sidehill climb, and then the slab on the move. Very thankful it was just the new layer of snow that broke loose!


Peace Out,


Johnny

 

[sledmendy]

I've been caught in a small slide in Fairview myself. Also in an area that I don't usually see them. Not Fun!

 

[Yamadoo04]

wow that's a pretty interesting spot to slide. I only go that way a few times a year but it doens't seem that steep over there. Crazy.

 

[m_beeson]

1' - 1.5' of fresh is a pretty good cache out of this last storm. I'll bet you guys were loving life.

I had something wierd happen to me with this new snow. I was riding the top of a crest. There was some deep drifting. I stopped to get dad unstuck, and when I took off, the slab pushed out in front of me and I pushed a slab that was about 3' around, and 8-10" deep, for about 8 feet or so.

I had never seen anything exactly like that before. It was kind of crazy.

 

[hunt4bigbucks]

How was the snow up there? Just wondering how much new this storm dropped. THe snotel showed less than 6" of new..