Avalanche: Davenport Hill 1/20/2012

Observer Name:

Kobernik-Hardesty

Observation Date:

01/20/2012

Occurrence Date:

01/20/2012

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Davenport Hill
Silver Fork
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Salt Lake

Location Name:

Davenport

Location

40° 35' 59.8848" N, 111° 37' 14.628" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10000'

Aspect:

North

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Remotely Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth (avg):

16"

Width:

500'

Vertical:

700'

General Comments

This remotely triggered slide started out fairly narrow but propagated quite wide about 200 feet downhill. It filled a gully up with 15 to 20 feet of debris.

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