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Home → Snow Profile: Big Cottonwood Canyon 3/11/2010
Snow Profile: Big Cottonwood Canyon 3/11/2010
Observation Date:
03/11/2010
Submitted/Updated:
Thu 3/11/2010 - 7:05 pm
Submitted by:
McKee
Elevation:
7900'
Aspect:
North
Slope Angle:
37
Comments:
Driving down the road later in the morning, observed ~2-3' x ~800' running 1,500' vert observed maybe 2k+ in NNE facing Stairs Gulch @ 10,500'. Best guess puts failure on the NSF/ surface hoar layer burried a month ago.
Co-worker found simliar slide in Broads Fk. Same Elavation, aspect, weekness. 2' x ~400' x 1,000'+ Diving Board, satrting above and propagating slope below.
Pit is from Argenta Chutes dug with guest Forecaster from Milford Sound, NZ.
Snow Profile Image:
Location
40° 38' 10.5504" N, 111° 41' 11.85" W
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Driving down the road later in the morning, observed ~2-3' x ~800' running 1,500' vert observed maybe 2k+ in NNE facing Stairs Gulch @ 10,500'. Best guess puts failure on the NSF/ surface hoar layer burried a month ago.
Co-worker found simliar slide in Broads Fk. Same Elavation, aspect, weekness. 2' x ~400' x 1,000'+ Diving Board, satrting above and propagating slope below.
Pit is from Argenta Chutes dug with guest Forecaster from Milford Sound, NZ.