Observer Name
Katz/Hennum
Observation Date
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Avalanche Date
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Albion Basin » Rocky Point
Location Name or Route
Rocky Point
Elevation
10,500'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow
Depth
6"
Width
100'
Vertical
100'
Snow Profile Comments
dug on NE facing slope lower down, at 10000', in an area of relative shelter: ECTX. Attached is a quick hand harness. Spot the density inversion.
Comments
Spotted a shallow, relatively well connected wind slab that likely ran sometime last night or this morning. I didn't investigate, but I tested the product adjacent to it. I saw other, more buried piles of debris in the Alta Periphery, but none as connnected. My sheltered pit supported my theory that the avalanche was wind related in nature.
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