Observer Name
Pavlantos/Reddell/Nielsen
Observation Date
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Avalanche Date
Sunday, January 1, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » Meadows
Location Name or Route
Meadow Chutes- Between Doug's Drop and the Football Field
Elevation
9,400'
Aspect
East
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
Persistent Weak Layer
Weak Layer
Facets
Depth
4'
Width
1,000'
Comments
Forecaster note: Multiple submissions combined into one avalanche observation.
Notes from Nielsen:
The sky cleared out around 2pm just enough to get a look at the meadow chutes area of Silver Fork, I could see the crown of a large avalanche. I estimate it was 1000-1200 feet wide. Unknown depth, how far it ran, or the trigger. I could not see tracks leading into the avalanche. There were tracks north of the avalanche, closer to Brad's line. I could also see a smaller avalanche in Ricardo's roll, but photos were hard to get of the smaller slide.
Photo 1-Pavlantos
Photo 2-4-Ian Reddell
Photo 5-6 - Nielsen
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