Avalanche: Big Cottonwood Canyon 4/8/2011

Observer Name:

Chuck

Observation Date:

04/08/2011

Occurrence Date:

04/08/2011

Occurrence Time:

3:00pm

Region:

Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon

Location Name:

north end of ridge between Day's Fork and Cardiff Fork

Location

40° 38' 27.0816" N, 111° 38' 43.3824" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

7900'

and below

Aspect:

North

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Skier

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Weak Layer:

New Snow/Old Snow Interface

Depth (avg):

Width:

20'

Vertical:

300'

General Comments

Earlier on another slope I did a hard turn and got snow to slide for only 5 feet, but this time I did a hard turn right on the break over and came to a complete stop. The snow started sliding slowly as before, but picked up speed and whacked a pine tree on the way down to two other pine trees. My ski partner caught up and did a good hard turn at the break over as well, but 20 feet over from me. He set off a same size wet sluff that also hit several pine trees on the way down. The bed surface was not as fun to ski as the fresh powder on the slightly flatter slopes.

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