Avalanche: Reynolds East Face 1/19/2012

Observer Name:

Matt Primomo, Todd Glew, Eric Gustafson

Observation Date:

01/20/2012

Occurrence Date:

01/19/2012

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Reynolds East Face
Reynolds Pk
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Salt Lake

Location Name:

Reynolds Peak

Location

40° 39' 45.1476" N, 111° 38' 41.6832" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

9300'

Aspect:

Northeast

East

Trigger:

Unknown

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth (avg):

12"

Width:

600'

Vertical:

600'

General Comments

Reynolds East Face, 9350ft.: SS-N?-R3/4-D2.5 Looked to have run yesterday. Average starting zone angle 35 degrees. A small patch in the middle below the very summit that was 33 to 34 degrees did not pull out. Crown roughly 600ft. wide, 12" deep, and ran 600 vertical feet to the flat. See this observation for pics.

Javascript is required to view this map.