Big avy at Super Bowl

[numbskull]

read this in the news this morning: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7809554

sounds like it's gonna be a rough winter...and all because of that snow we got in October.

 

[dude]

Here is a link to a photo of the slide.

http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/Accid...on/12-25-07, Superbowl-Uintas, Hutchinson.jpg

Avalanche Accident Report Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center

Preliminary (this document will be updated soon)



Tuesday, December 25, 2007



Western Uintas – Superbowl near Windy Ridge – Male snowmobiler caught, buried and killed in avalanche



Overview:

A male snowmobiler was caught in an avalanche mid day while riding in a party of three. He was buried for over an hour and a half. He was not wearing a beacon and was found with an organized probe line. The area is known as the Superbowl west of Windy Ridge in Red Creek. The slope was reportedly east northeast facing at around 10,000’ and pushing 40 degrees in steepness. The size as viewed from the air was around 4 feet deep and possibly near 1000 feet wide. Wind loading on a weak faceted snowpack is the most likely structure. More details will be available soon.



Kobernik

 

[Bigguyone1]

wow

That is definitely a BIG slide. sad story