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Avalanche: Chicken Sh#! Ridge

Observer Name
Michelle Altizer
Observation Date
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork » Chicken Sh#! Ridge
Location Name or Route
Chicken Sh#! Ridge
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Skier
Depth
3"
Width
15'
Comments
We observed the new snow was falling on a supportable crust and was not exhibiting any slab characteristics during our ascent. No other avalanches were observed on terrain less than 30 degrees. It was a dry-loose avalanche that ran on the old snow/new snow interface. Start zone was about 35 degree and the run out zone 32 degrees. The avalanche ran about 50 feet and was a D1-R1. After triggering, we were able to traverse out to a lower angle slope to continue our descent.
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