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Observer Name
TNT
Observation Date
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork
Location Name or Route
Days fork
Elevation
10,100'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Cornice Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Depth
8"
Width
25'
Comments
I purposely cut a cornice off that triggered a soft slab avalanche that ran 150+ feet and varied in how much it took with it. Cornice was fairly larger than refrigerator size and ran the distance of the avalanche and left a large crater on the slope. Slope was above a couple cliffs so amount of snow was small. I also did this with a smaller cornice on an adjacent slope than also ran 70+ and was 10 feet wide. Lots of sluffs everywhere that were small. There was also what seemed to be a natural slide in what I believe is Jaws 2.0 that was 10+ ft wide and ran <100 feet.
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