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Observer Name
Chris Wilcox
Observation Date
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Avalanche Date
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Region
Salt Lake » Little Cottonwood Canyon » Superior
Location Name or Route
Superior
Elevation
10,000'
Aspect
Southeast
Trigger
Snowboarder
Avalanche Type
Soft Slab
Avalanche Problem
Wind Drifted Snow
Weak Layer
New Snow/Old Snow Interface
Depth
2'
Width
175'
Comments
I'm a firefighter in Little Cottonwood Canyon. We were notified at 8:00 this morning that a skier had triggered a small slide on superior. As we responded to the highway below, we witnessed several slides in multiple drainages. A couple of them were pretty big. This video is a snowboarder coming down between Little Superior and Two Trees. Everyone we saw made it down without getting carried. Some very close calls!
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