Observer Name
Kip
Observation Date
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Mineral Fork
Location Name or Route
Mineral Fork
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Hard Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Comments
The whole west wall of mineral, from barrieto to moonlight ripped out sometime last night. Large crown was noted below some steeper parts of high line as well.
our group skied East fork, the lower half had been swept sometime last night by a large slide coming out of hanyak.
debris in the bottom of mineral were wall to wall and many feet deep.
Coordinates