Observer Name
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Observation Date
Friday, April 20, 2012
Avalanche Date
Friday, April 20, 2012
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Y Couloir
Location Name or Route
Y couloir
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Vertical
3,500'
Comments
Noticed a fresh wet slide in the Y couloir this afternoon on my way down LCC, must have happened sometime between 9:30am and 2:00pm. On my way up the canyon the apron of the Y was dirty melt freeze crust with old tracks, on my way down the apron was covered in with fresh wet slide debris. Looked like the whole chute cleaned out to the old melt freeze crust from last week. Things got quite warm today, even high North was damp with rollerballs, quite a bit of wet activity today in the top of LCC. Would expect more tomorrow with continued heating and a marginal refreeze tonight.
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