Avalanche: Gobblers

Observer Name
Paul D, Kyler R
Observation Date
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Avalanche Date
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mill Creek Canyon » Mill A » Butler Fork » Gobblers
Location Name or Route
Gobblers Knob/East Porter Fork
Elevation
8,800'
Aspect
West
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Depth
12"
Width
300'
Vertical
350'
Comments

Put in a skin track up adjacent lower angled terrain, avoiding a small, but well worn slide path with clear evidence of frequent avalanches over the years with lots of bent and flagged smaller trees. Retracing our track and skirting the same slope on the way out, it remotely triggered, breaking about 200' above us. We watched the slide strain through the small trees and finish up another 150' below our eerily close vantage point. The crown was at the tree line at the convexity marking the top of the slide path where the slope broke over to an estimated 40 degrees.

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