Observer Name
Ambler
Observation Date
Friday, January 19, 2024
Avalanche Date
Friday, January 19, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » 10420
Location Name or Route
10420 - NE Bowl
Elevation
10,300'
Aspect
Northeast
Slope Angle
Unknown
Trigger
Natural
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
10"
Width
30'
Vertical
250'
Comments
It looks, from lower on the ridge, to have potentially been a small soft slab triggered by a tree bomb. It then ran a couple hundred feet blending into what looks like older avy debris. Pitcured first is the crown and then the debris
Comments
In other news we observed some loose wet action on solars at mid to lower elevations and felt/heard a large collapse with shooting cracks just off the guardsman pass road about a thousand feet from the pass on bcc side. Large striated cups < 5mm estimated, very unconsolidated. In a wind affected area with hs varying from 30cm to 300+ cm (huge road drift).
Pictured below - roadside loose wets and shooting cracks
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