Observer Name
Meisenheimer, Staples
Observation Date
Friday, January 3, 2020
Avalanche Date
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Tanners Gulch
Location Name or Route
Tanners
Elevation
11,000'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Natural
Comments
We only looked at the debris pile which was discovered late Friday, Jan 3. This avalanche likely happened at the same time as a natural avalanche cycle around 3:30 am on Jan 2.
R?D4 - Basically the nature of this path is that even a relatively small slide can be very destructive. The Alpha angle at the toe of the large debris pile was 28 degrees. It would be a degree or two less at the toe of the smaller debris pile that extended further.
For record, the furthest point of the debris was at 40.57178 -111.70178
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