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Observer Name
Learned
Observation Date
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 1, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mill D South » Kessler » Argenta
Location Name or Route
Greaseball
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Depth
6"
Width
40'
Comments
Slope cut at the top of Greaseball produced a loose dry point release that ran the entire length of the chute about 1000ft and had a sizable debris pile. L-AS-R2-D1.5-I
it was easy to get snow moving fast on the crust layer. New snow was bonding poorly to the old snow in this area