Avalanche: Salt Lake foothills 11/29/2010

Observer Name:

Jim Steenburgh

Observation Date:

11/29/2010

Occurrence Date:

11/29/2010

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Salt Lake foothills

Location Name:

Avenues foothills immediately west of Terrace Hills cul-de sac

Location

40° 47' 30.1884" N, 111° 51' 39.258" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

5100'

Aspect:

Southeast

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Natural

Avalanche Type:

Wet Slab

Weak Layer:

Ground Interface

Depth (avg):

12"

Width:

15'

Vertical:

20'

General Comments

Mother nature never ceases to surprise. Thought you might enjoy a photo of this natural in a wind-loaded area of the Avenues foothills directly west of the Terrace Hills cul-de-sac. Who'd have thought? The power of sun. This was a late day tour after work so numbers above are eyeball estimates. This did not appear to be human triggered.

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