Avalanche: Dutch Draw

Observer Name
Mark White
Observation Date
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Avalanche Date
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Park City Ridgeline » Dutch Draw
Location Name or Route
Dutch's Draw
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
700'
Comments

While on the W monitor Ridge line we also witnessed a natural avalanche occur in Dutch's Draw off the Cone which in turn sympathetically released another slide in Dutch's skier left of the first slide. First slide seemed to be triggered from a natural cornice drop. Not sure of the specifics in this slide it was quite a long ways away, but it looked to be a fairly large slide. Aspect was NE, lots of wind transport going on. Also of note were shallow mid-slope slides on the West Willow Ridge Line.

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