Utah Avalanche Center

Ski pen 15 cm

This pit was dug nearby the fatal avalanche that happened on Feb 9. We wanted to see what the snowpack looked like if we were assessing the snowpack in that area and had not seen this avalanche. Boot penetration was mostly to the top of the 1F slab. However, every other step would basically punch through to facets below the slab.

Ski pen only 15 to 20 cm. Pockets with shallow snow and poor snow structure on the west face of Beaver Mountain....

Crown profile of remotely triggered, fatal avalanche. This was just below several trees and not a perfect location. Hardness of some layers may not be representative but the snow depths seemed very representative of where the slide was triggerd. It was hard to find a safe location to look at the crown. Parts of the crown near the ridge were heavily wind loaded

Will have to keep track of the snow near the rain crust, especially around this elevation and higher as the crust thins.

On slope next to the Tony Grove Road