Observer Name
Hardesty
Observation Date
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Bear Trap
Location Name or Route
Beartrap Gully
Elevation
8,500'
Aspect
North
Slope Angle
40°
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
2'
Width
70'
Vertical
50'
Comments
Remotely triggered by ski party into the Beartrap Gulley. Pitch just above the gulley is quite steep. The rest of lower rollovers had naturalled Saturday eve into early Sunday. Their remote was one of the last pieces of terrain that hadn't released.
Cracking and collapsing noted as well along the south Bear/Mule ridgeline.
Comments
One can tell the dramatic difference between the coase grained facets and the overlying Wednesday night through Sunday slab.
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