Avalanche: White Pine Gulch

Observer Name
Mike
Observation Date
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine Gulch
Location Name or Route
West Scotties
Elevation
9,700'
Aspect
West
Trigger
Unknown
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Comments
We spotted this avalanche from across the drainage while touring Pink Pine ridge. Not sure if this slide occurred today or yesterday, or if it was natural. We didn't notice it at the start of our tour, but that may have been due to the angle of visibility. Another party said the same thing, that they didn't notice it earlier. Hard to say how deep in the snowpack it failed, but the crown appeared to be at least 80-100 ft wide (best guess from our distance). [Forecaster note - Thanks for sharing it. Difficult to determine when it slid, or if it was a natural or human-triggered slide. As we are now able to get a day or 2 of visibility following the Thursday/Friday am storm, we are now seeing much of the activity that had occurred.]