Observation Date
3/28/2020
Observer Name
R. Kosinski
Region
Salt Lake » Mill Creek Canyon » Porter Fork » The Ice Box
Location Name or Route
The Ice Box
Comments
Started by tour up West Butler and worked by way over to Ice Box. Skies were cloudy all day with the sun making a few brief appearances. Snow was consistently falling throughout the morning with short intervals of significant precip rate. Snow was pretty stable; I only encountered one small wind slab. There seemed to be around 18+" of snow in the upper elevations. There were remnants of many point release slides from when the sun came out yesterday and I was surprised how far many of these slides ran. There is also a glide avalanche starting to release on the slabs between Gary's Gully and Ice Box; I suspect that the slabs in the surrounding drainages are likely in a similar state.
As the amount of people recreating in the mountains has exploded the last few weeks, please be mindful of those below and around you. On my second run, I was putting a ski cut in at the top of the chute. I had looked down the run, been listening for voices, and been checking if anyone was behind me the whole way up. In the middle of the cut, I look down and there is someone 50 feet below me. Thankfully nothing released but even after I checked a couple times, I still missed the two skiers below me. Looking back, I should have yelled if anyone was below. I know I would have felt terrible if I released something on top of a group I didn't realize was there.



Today's Observed Danger Rating
Low
Tomorrows Estimated Danger Rating
Low
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