Observer Name
UAC Staff
Observation Date
Monday, March 14, 2022
Avalanche Date
Monday, March 14, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mineral Fork » Barrieto
Location Name or Route
Mineral Fork, Barrieto
Elevation
9,800'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Skier
Trigger: additional info
Remotely Triggered
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
3'
Width
600'
Vertical
1,500'
Comments
An experienced group triggered a very large avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon in Mineral Fork on Barrieto. The avalanche was skier-triggered when they dropped in for a slope cut. The skier triggered the slab, and it propagated 600 feet wide 2-4 feet deep and ran 1600 vertical feet to the bottom, crossing the creek and traveling up the other side of the drainage. Luckily, nobody was caught in this beast of an avalanche.
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