Observer Name
Nick Burr
Observation Date
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Avalanche Date
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Twin Lakes Pass
Location Name or Route
Twin Lakes Pass
Elevation
9,900'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
20"
Width
60'
Comments
Winds blew really hard locally (terrain forced flow) from the N from like 6:00pm to 7pm and were likely cross loading E. No slab was present on laps 1 and 2 on twin lakes pass, prob 5:20-6 ?? Anyway met these cool guys from Cham (hi!) that then triggered this on our way up our 3rd east facing lap off the pass, everyone was fine I think they skied out of it, didn’t get carried or if they did it was fine. But it was sizeable. Slab came built incredibly quickly. Maybe 25 minutes.. One of the fastest loading events I’ve ever seen in person. It was also dumping. Prob classic 36-38 degree trigger point on a roll. Ran a hundred maybe 200 feet maybe? or so feet. Didn’t really hang out under it though. I called it in to Alta central too so if they do a report maybe combine into one. Hopefully photo upload works. Windy tonight so I’d have tomorrow @ considerable up high. It was probably blowing like 20mph for close to 30 min straight.
Also if anyone knows the French guys I had fun chatting on our laps and wish I got contact info tell them to reach out maybe dm me on IG at itsmenickfromschool
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