Avalanche: Reynolds Pk 4/3/2010

Observer Name: 
Larry Coats
Observation Date: 
04/03/2010
Occurrence Date: 
04/03/2010
Occurrence Time: 
Unknown
Region: 
Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Reynolds Pk
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Location

40° 39' 48.3912" N, 111° 38' 39.8292" W
Avalanche Characteristics
Elevation: 
9200'
Aspect: 
East
Trigger: 
Unknown
Trigger: additional info: 
Sympathetic Release
Avalanche Type: 
Soft Slab
Weak Layer: 
Density Change
Depth (avg): 
18"
Width: 
90'
Vertical: 
Unknown
General Comments

Busy day in the backcountry yesterday! The attached image is of a pair of avalanches on the east face of Reynolds Hill. Even though we weren't too close at the time, I think we sympathetically triggered the cornice closest to us, which thumped the slope hard enough to trigger the slab in the center of the face. It was wind loading significantly, and ran on the dust layer.

Dimensions are estimates.

 

Reynolds Hill avalanche.jpg
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