Observer Name
Fink
Observation Date
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Avalanche Date
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » East Bowl
Location Name or Route
East Bowl
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
20"
Width
60'
Comments
Triggered with cornice drop after causing adjacent and less-steep slope to collapse with a ski cut but no real result.
Failed at new/old layer on low-density rounds/graupel above the crust. Entrained a significant amount of new snow and ran about 350', D1.
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