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Avalanche: Upper Days

Observer Name
JS
Observation Date
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Upper Days
Location Name or Route
Upper Days
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Unknown
Depth
6"
Width
20'
Comments
Don't have too much info on this but thought I'd drop the photo in. Likely human caused cornice drop in upper days. Went over a skinner, or perhaps the skinner was put in after. Doesn't look like the cornice fall stepped into any lower/ weaker layers, but it did entrain a fair amount of snow; enough to knock a person off their feet. and, it broke into a Lee slope so could have potentially gone bigger.
keep an eye out for these as we head deeper into spring!
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