Avalanche: Bear Trap 1/24/2012

Observer Name: 
Hardesty
Observation Date: 
01/24/2012
Occurrence Date: 
01/24/2012
Occurrence Time: 
Unknown
Region: 
Bear Trap
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Salt Lake
Location Name: 
Beartrap Gully
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Location

40° 38' 53.412" N, 111° 36' 31.0572" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
8500'
Aspect: 
North
Northwest
Slope Angle: 
40
Trigger: 
Skier
Trigger: additional info: 
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Weak Layer: 
Facets
Depth (avg): 
2'
Depth Range: 
16" to
2'
Width: 
70'
Vertical: 
50'
General Comments

Remotely triggered by ski party into the Beartrap Gulley.  Pitch just above the gulley is quite steep.  The rest of lower rollovers had naturalled Saturday eve into early Sunday.  Their remote was one of the last pieces of terrain that hadn't released.

Cracking and collapsing noted as well along the south Bear/Mule ridgeline.

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General Comments 2

One can tell the dramatic difference between the coase grained facets and the overlying Wednesday night through Sunday slab. 

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