Avalanche: Little Cottonwood Canyon

Observer Name
Jimmy G
Observation Date
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Avalanche Date
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon
Location Name or Route
White Pearl
Elevation
8,000'
Aspect
North
Trigger
Natural
Depth
Unknown
Width
Unknown
Comments
Unsurprisingly we witnessed multiple wet slides in the north-facing chutes while climbing on the north side of LCC, the biggest of which was an avalanche in a chute south of White Pearl. It ran at 4 PM. Hard to tell how destructive it actually was, but it sounded like a freight train moving through the canyon and it entrained all of the snow in the chute from wall-to-wall. It lasted upwards of a minute.