Observer Name
Sam Hughes
Observation Date
Monday, March 30, 2015
Avalanche Date
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Banana Days
Location Name or Route
Days Fork, Banana Belt
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger: additional info
Unintentionally Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
8"
Width
10'
Vertical
150'
Caught
1
Carried
1
Comments
Dropped into a chute on Banana Belt and quickly triggered a small slab that broke right behind me. Carried me about 15 feet before I stopped and then it continued to run out for about 150 more feet. I was the third skier in our group to drop into the chute but I cut a little higher than the first two in order to avoid their tracks. The rest of the way down our group triggered other smaller slides. The snow was heavy and wind packed in all the elevations above 8500 feet.
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