Avalanche: Argenta 4/1/2010

Observer Name: 
Randy Rasmussen
Observation Date: 
04/01/2010
Occurrence Date: 
04/01/2010
Occurrence Time: 
Unknown
Region: 
Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Argenta
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Location

40° 37' 37.488" N, 111° 40' 5.4192" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
10100'
Aspect: 
Northwest
Trigger: 
Unknown
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Depth (avg): 
unknown
Width: 
Unknown
Vertical: 
700'
General Comments

My partner and I where climbing up the Argenta slide path on an uptrack near the west side of the run.  We were almost a top when we saw an avalanche coming down a steep, rocky, NW facing chute.  We heard some celebratory sounding voices coming from the rigdeline.  No one came down the slide path, nor did they answer our calls asking if they needed help.  I assume if was human triggered, intentional or not I don't know, but no one appeared to be caught in it or hurt.  It seemed to clean out the chute, the cloud briefly obscured the whole upper basin.
None

Some big wind features at the top of the slidepath, lower down it was wind protected.

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