Avalanche: Gobblers 1/19/2012

Observer Name: 
Paul D, Kyler R
Observation Date: 
01/19/2012
Occurrence Date: 
01/19/2012
Occurrence Time: 
12:30pm
Region: 
Salt Lake
Mill Creek Canyon
Gobblers
Location Name: 
Gobblers Knob/East Porter Fork
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Location

40° 40' 19.7976" N, 111° 41' 29.9868" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
8800'
Aspect: 
West
Slope Angle: 
Unknown
Trigger: 
Skier
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Depth (avg): 
12"
Width: 
300'
Vertical: 
350'
General Comments

Put in a skin track up adjacent lower angled terrain, avoiding a small, but well worn slide path with clear evidence of frequent avalanches over the years with lots of bent and flagged smaller trees. Retracing our track and skirting the same slope on the way out, it remotely triggered, breaking about 200' above us. We watched the slide strain through the small trees and finish up another 150' below our eerily close vantage point. The crown was at the tree line at the convexity marking the top of the slide path where the slope broke over to an estimated 40 degrees.

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