Utah Avalanche Center

Pit location collapsed and cracked on approach

Fracture profile from west crown low. Avalanche appears to have been remotely triggered, with cracking extending hundreds of feet west on adjacent slope

No need to do a stability test. This slope collapsed like many others like it.

Deep fresh snow with little or no base in most places.. Northerly facing terrain above about 8000' holds shallow old snow (Oct. and Nov.) in some areas plagued by facets above and below a rime crust.