From Wednesday's SL Tribune
An experienced back country skier clung to trees twice Monday to escape separate avalanches in the Park City mountains, life-threatening evidence of the high danger of potentially deadly snow slides across northern Utah. At a large slide site not far away, one of the concerning observations was that part of the fracture line occurred on a 15-20 degree slope, much more gradual than is usually considered vulnerable.
"The wheels are coming off," Hardesty said. "We're seeing natural [avalanches] on south-facing slopes, …remotely triggered slides on shadier aspects and very experienced workers getting surprised."
An experienced back country skier clung to trees twice Monday to escape separate avalanches in the Park City mountains, life-threatening evidence of the high danger of potentially deadly snow slides across northern Utah. At a large slide site not far away, one of the concerning observations was that part of the fracture line occurred on a 15-20 degree slope, much more gradual than is usually considered vulnerable.
"The wheels are coming off," Hardesty said. "We're seeing natural [avalanches] on south-facing slopes, …remotely triggered slides on shadier aspects and very experienced workers getting surprised."
