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Avalanche: Big Horn Peak

Observer Name
CJ
Observation Date
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Alta Periphery » Dry Fork of AF » Big Horn Peak
Location Name or Route
Big Horn Peak ridge
Elevation
10,300'
Aspect
West
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Weak Layer
Density Change
Depth
12"
Width
150'
Comments
We hiked up to big Horn on Saturday. The day was very warm above freezing even very high. Up high the mountain was in fog and cloud almost the entire day we were up there. On our return to the parking lot we observed through binoculars three distinct point avalanches on the west slopes to the west of where we hiked.
second on our descent towards the second Hemongog above Alpine I was sliding down the hillside on a 30 degree slope. I started pushing a large amount of snow which broke loose from the ice layer below it. The layer was 6 to 12 inches deep. The top layer completely detached from a point where my snow shoes plowed it. It quickly grew wider and carried me with it. I rode it for a while then rolled off whereupon it kept going for a few seconds and the stopped. The result was very large. I had broken loose a slab about 10-14 feet wide and about 100 feet down slope. It was about 6-12 inches deep and did not bond whelk with the ice layer below. If the slope had been steeper it would have gone really fast and lost control. I only have a photo of the slab break that I rode which I will try to attach.
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