Avalanche: Red Pine Gulch 1/19/2012

Observer Name:

Mark Hammond

Observation Date:

01/21/2012

Occurrence Date:

01/19/2012

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Red Pine Gulch

Location Name:

Red Pine

Location

40° 32' 12.822" N, 111° 41' 45.6864" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10400'

Aspect:

Northeast

Slope Angle:

Trigger:

Unknown

Avalanche Type:

Hard Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth (avg):

Width:

60'

Vertical:

Unknown

General Comments

I am guessing this released during the storm on Wednesday night. Saw it from the north side of Red Pine Lake and with flat light it was hard to guess the exact dimensions of it. I'm confident it was deeper than just the new snow. Judging by the layers I saw in the pit I dug near the lake, it likely failed about 3 feet down on the super weak facets above or below the rain crust.

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