Observer Name
Neil Provo
Observation Date
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Avalanche Date
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Chicken Sh#! Ridge
Location Name or Route
Chicken shit ridge
Elevation
9,900'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Depth
3'
Width
500'
Vertical
Unknown
Comments
While descending the upper part of chicken shit ridge, my partner and I remotely triggered this large avalanche from about 80ft away, which propagated an estimated 500ft. We were just skiers left of the existing skin track/ski tracks right before the ridge rolls over to the north, where it was triggered from a relatively flat section of the ridge. The crown looked to be 3-4ft deep in places and the slide ran quite far. Incredibly sensitive and connected slab.
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