Avalanche: Silver Fork Headwall 1/19/2012

Observer Name:

Kobernik-Hardesty

Observation Date:

01/19/2012

Occurrence Date:

01/19/2012

Occurrence Time:

Unknown

Region:

Silver Fork Headwall
Silver Fork
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Salt Lake

Location Name:

Headwall

Location

40° 35' 57.0696" N, 111° 37' 45.3756" W

Avalanche Characteristics

Elevation:

9900'

Aspect:

North

Northeast

Trigger:

Natural

Trigger: additional info:

Repeater

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Weak Layer:

Facets

Depth (avg):

16"

Width:

1/4 mile

Vertical:

500'

General Comments

We stumbled onto this avalanche which ran on the 19th. It was a natural and was also a repeater. The facets are not all cleaned out and are still very loose on the bed surface near the starting zone. This could avalanche again once it's loaded again.

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