Avalanche: Butler Fork 1/22/2012

Observer Name: 
Kikkert
Observation Date: 
01/23/2012
Occurrence Date: 
01/22/2012
Occurrence Time: 
Unknown
Region: 
Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Butler Fork
Location Name: 
Butler Basin
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Location

40° 39' 50.1228" N, 111° 39' 55.6848" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
7100'
and above
Aspect: 
North
Northeast
East
Northwest
Trigger: 
Natural
Avalanche Type: 
Hard Slab
Weak Layer: 
Facets
Depth (avg): 
unknown
Width: 
Unknown
Vertical: 
Unknown
General Comments

Multiple slides visible in Butler Fork and the Butler Basin under Gobblers Knob. The larger, higher elevation slides were sometimes hard to completely delineate due to the crowns being blown back in, but looked like nearly everything east through north facing went. More noticeable were lots of little pockets down low near gully bottoms, including one that covered the summer trail.  Attached a few photos. We traveled mostly in areas where there was no snow prior to the latest round of storms and experienced no red flags in these areas, but everytime the aspect rolled a little toward the east, you would usually find a small crown.  Looks like most of them ran early Sunday morning.

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