Avalanche: Gobblers Knob

Observer Name
DCD, GCC
Observation Date
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Gobblers Knob
Location Name or Route
Gobler’s Knob
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Skier
Depth
4"
Width
40'
Comments
We traveled to the peak of Gobblers via West Butler Fork and saw another group preparing to drop into the East aspect of Butler Bowl. They intentionally dropped a small cornice which resulted in some initial sloughing, followed by a small slab, which propogated maybe 20 feet laterally near some rocks (left most slide in pictures). One member of the other party then descended ~100feet north and triggered a small slab and skied out without issue (middle slide in pictures). His partner then took a line another ~100 feet noth with similar results (right most slide in pictures). My partner and I skiied a less steep, more South facing aspect without triggery any slabs but with some sloughing (last picture). Spoke with other group at the bottom and they did not have anyone else with their group. All ended well.
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