Avalanche: Seagull 3/13/2011

Observer Name:

Anonymous

Observation Date:

03/13/2011

Occurrence Date:

03/13/2011

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Salt Lake
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Tuscarora
Seagull

Location Name:

Seagull

Location

40° 35' 3.714" N, 111° 35' 52.818" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

10400'

Aspect:

Northeast

East

Trigger:

Skier

Trigger: additional info:

Intentionally Triggered

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

Density Change

Depth (avg):

10"

Width:

70'

Vertical:

800'

General Comments

Small shallow wind slab triggered intentionally at top of chute. Another cut mid-chute produced the 10-12" wind slab - snow from Friday and Saturday night's few inches of snow...Not a near miss or incident.

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