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Observer Name
uac staff
Observation Date
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon
Location Name or Route
South facing slide paths, LCC
Comments

Multiple large size 2 natural wet sluffs, running into the low angle run outs. Photo is a Superior wet slide. Photo Credit - M Saurer

Comments

Wet avalanche statistics are a bit incomplete, but the take home point is that most wet snow fatalities are from natural avalanches, NOT human triggered.