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Avalanche: Days Fork

Observer Name
S Simonds
Observation Date
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Avalanche Date
Saturday, January 27, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Big Cottonwood Canyon » Days Fork
Location Name or Route
BCC >> Days Fork
Elevation
10,400'
Aspect
Northeast
Trigger
Skier
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
New Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
3"
Width
10'
Comments
Saw several slides on our tour of days fork from the LCC side. Two skier triggered on the steep NE facing slope 10400ft towards flagstaff peak from two dogs that looks like new storm slide. Another at the steep rollover at the bottom of main days at 9900ft and east facing that looked like a combination of wet and new snow but skier triggered this was a few inches deep at maybe 30 ft
wide. Finally I cut across the flagstaff face at about 1pm just below the rock outcrop and induced a full roller ball derby across the face. It was kind of spectacular the impact. On an upper elevation east facing slope in Days fork I measured a HS of 240cm and the probe was progressively more difficult to push through until 150cm where I hit a crust or a very firm layer and then very easy to push to the ground after that.
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