Avalanche: Maybird Gulch

Observer Name
Greg Gagne
Observation Date
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Avalanche Date
Friday, February 5, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Maybird Gulch
Location Name or Route
Maybird
Elevation
9,600'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
41°
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
250'
Vertical
250'
Comments
Wind-drifted hard slab that possibly ran into snow down near the ground as bushes were showing through on the bed surface. Very steep, rocky terrain in starting zone. The bed surface and debris had snow on top of it, so likely ran sometime during the day on Friday, February 5, or overnight on February 6. Did notice fresh ski tracks adjacent to the debris from a party that was likely skiing the apron, but the tracks and the slide seemed to occur at different times.
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