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Avalanche: Y-Not Couloir

Observer Name
Third party via Staples
Observation Date
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Avalanche Date
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Y-Not Couloir
Location Name or Route
Y-Not Couloir
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Wet Loose
Avalanche Problem
Wet Snow
Comments
Temps felt like they got warmer than expected. Had an uncomfortable experience in the Y-Not as the mountain started to shed. We briefly debated hanging out in the cave until night. Decided to wait for snow to flush past us then move quickly from one safe zone to another tucked under cliffs. It just kind of worked and snow would run past us each time we made it to the next spot.
We lucked out which is not how I like to operate. Since it was cooler than the day before we thought that we would be ok. Wet loose snow started around 12:30 or 1.
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