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Avalanche: Cone

Observer Name
Tim Matthews
Observation Date
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Avalanche Date
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Bear Trap » Cone
Location Name or Route
The Cone Bear Trap Fork BCC
Elevation
9,000'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
12"
Width
100'
Vertical
250'
Comments
I spotted this avalanche from a distance while on the north end of the West Willow Ridge. All sizes are a rough estimate, and I can't be certain if this wind slab failed on the most recent storm snow, or the facets that that storm snow buried. Judging by my estimated depth I'd think it was the storm snow. I called this a hard slab based on me poking around some wind loaded areas today that had roughly a 1F hard slab overlaying the recent storm snow from 11/28-11/29.
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