Observer Name
Catino
Observation Date
Monday, January 10, 2022
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Hide A Way Park
Location Name or Route
Hideaway
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
5'
Width
Unknown
Comments
Noticed this slide today 1/10, seems like it ran on the Wednesday warm and wet storm. Unknown on the absolute width but it entrained down the main path and ran basically full track to 9200' with broken trees, and piles of debris. HS-N-D2.5.
It was interesting because when I measured snow depth east of the main path still on North facing terrain I found a very weak 75-90cm snowpack though no crown evident there. Perhaps this area has been likely sliding a couple times this season and the one I probed had run earlier this winter given the shallowness. Either way impressive slide in Hideway Park.
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