Observer Name
Kikkert
Observation Date
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » White Pine Gulch » Red Baldy
Location Name or Route
Icefall - American Fork Canyon
Elevation
11,000'
Aspect
South
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
12"
Width
100'
Vertical
1,000'
Comments
Old news...but another example of Evelyn’s good forecast. This ran natural sometime on the 16th. Started as a wind slab, then ran wet all the way to the bottom (over 1000’). First photo shows the wind slab, 2nd the wet debris.
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