Avalanche: Brighton 12/31/2011

Observer Name:

brandondodge

Observation Date:

12/31/2011

Occurrence Date:

12/31/2011

Occurrence Time:

1:30pm

Region:

Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Brighton

Location Name:

brighton

Location

40° 35' 37.0356" N, 111° 35' 38.9148" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

9500'

Aspect:

Northeast

Trigger:

Snowboarder

Trigger: additional info:

Unintentionally Triggered

Remotely Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets Below Crust

Depth (avg):

Width:

60'

Vertical:

250'

General Comments

Snowboarder triggered pocket remotely in unopened terrain at Brighton. Shallow snowpack in this area 6-8 inches of facets over granite slab, capped off with rain crust and thin hard wind slab. Track lead to within about 15ft of left flank

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