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Avalanche: Suicide Chute

Observer Name
Mohn Jeyers
Observation Date
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Avalanche Date
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Superior » Suicide Chute
Location Name or Route
Suicide chute
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Skier
Depth
8"
Width
20'
Carried
1
Comments
Hit some wind slab and got carried a bit. Felt my ski get ripped off. Friend who was downhill was impressed by how much snow came rushing by. Hard to tell how much of it was my small wind slab versus activating a lot of sluff. Definitely moved snow the entire width of the colouir all the way to the apron. Scary to take a ride, but walking away was nice. If you find a BD Helio 105 185cm with Rotation 10 bindings in the spring and read this, reach out.