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Avalanche: Silver Fork Headwall

Observer Name
Kyle Mays
Observation Date
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » Silver Fork Headwall
Location Name or Route
Silver Fork Headwall
Elevation
9,900'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Depth
12"
Width
30'
Vertical
200'
Comments
Me and two others were traversing the Emma ridge. Winds were blowing north consistently around 40 mph. The skier leading the group noticed a shooting crack from his ski that went over a wind drift. As we came over the wind drift we saw the crack had propagated about 30 feet across the slope and had remotely triggered a slab about 20 feet below the edge of the slope. The debris ran roughly 200 feet, but it was hard to tell due to the limited visibility from blowing snow.
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