Observer Name
Drew Crawford
Observation Date
Monday, February 6, 2023
Avalanche Date
Monday, February 6, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Silver Fork » East Bowl
Location Name or Route
East Bowl
Elevation
10,200'
Aspect
Northwest
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
10"
Width
40'
Vertical
300'
Comments
Entered East Bowl run from the ridge a few hundred vertical below the summit. Performed a horizontal ski cut to test the slope, and a 10 in deep soft slab broke at the old snow-new snow interface beneath my edge and propagated about 40 feet wide. I let the avalanche run and rode safely back to the ridge.
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