Observer Name
Kikkert
Observation Date
Monday, January 23, 2012
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Butler Fork
Location Name or Route
Butler Basin
Elevation
7,100'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
Multiple slides visible in Butler Fork and the Butler Basin under Gobblers Knob. The larger, higher elevation slides were sometimes hard to completely delineate due to the crowns being blown back in, but looked like nearly everything east through north facing went. More noticeable were lots of little pockets down low near gully bottoms, including one that covered the summer trail. Attached a few photos. We traveled mostly in areas where there was no snow prior to the latest round of storms and experienced no red flags in these areas, but everytime the aspect rolled a little toward the east, you would usually find a small crown. Looks like most of them ran early Sunday morning.



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